Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide: this is the new mantra of the architects of the police state and their corporate collaborators (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Instagram, and so on). The American Police State has become a metaphorical panopticon, a circular prison in which the inmates are monitored by a single watchman situated in a central tower. Because the inmates cannot see the watchman, they are unable to tell whether or not they are being watched at any given time and must proceed under the assumption that they are always being watched.
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Show Notes
“The Prisoner Reboots the Panopticon for 21st Century,” Wired
“Patrick McGoohan: The spy who started it all,” Los Angeles Times
“R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan, the Prisoner's TV Visionary,” Wired
Panopticon
“What does the panopticon mean in the age of digital surveillance?” The Guardian
“Philip K. Dick Warned Us About the Internet of Things in 1969,” Slate
“BCA agreed to FBI terms on secret cellphone tracking,” Star Tribune
“Judge Gorsuch on arrest warrants and Doppler radar devices,” The Washington Post
“How many times have the cops photographed your license plate?” Washington Examiner
“9 Ways You’re Being Spied On Every Day,” The Huffington Post
“New surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find ‘pre crimes’ by detecting suspicious behaviour and calling for guards,” Daily Mail
“DOJ budget seeks funds for police body cameras, immigration judges,” The Hill
“Your Samsung SmartTV Is Spying on You, Basically,” The Daily Beast
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish, Panopticism. In Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
“On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation,” The Guardian
“Sessions, Coats push for permanent renewal of controversial surveillance law,” The Hill
“Merciful release,” The Guardian
Freedom Is a Myth: We Are All Prisoners of the Police State’s Panopticon Village
Battlefield America: The War on the American People
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