A thought provoking post and interesting debate. Some echos of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, whose Universalist ideals advocated freedoms and basic human rights. But then he also envisioned the Panopticon - institutional surveillance where by the inmate never knows if he is being watched, so they behave as if they are. This is the ultimate in social control.
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Interesting. I'm not familiar with Jeremy Bentham, though the name does sound familiar. Constant surveillance doesn't sound all that great (or all that different from what we experience now).