Orwell descriped a situation which occured by
a controll attitude. It is a politician critic
and not a prophecy. If you consider the
effort of the goverment of the former DDR,
eastern part of germany, you can see the result
with old technic. Now we have much much better
storage systems and analysing tools.
These neigborhood watch may even bring some results,
but it also changes the attitude of the people.
"Don't trust anybody!" is a horrible attitude
for every day. And it results probably in
an "Orwell" like sceenery. It's an instrument
often used in history but very often by
very figures of very douptfull reputation.
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Orwell descriped a situation which occured by a controll attitude. It is a politician critic and not a prophecy. If you consider the effort of the goverment of the former DDR, eastern part of germany, you can see the result with old technic. Now we have much much better storage systems and analysing tools. These neigborhood watch may even bring some results, but it also changes the attitude of the people. "Don't trust anybody!" is a horrible attitude for every day. And it results probably in an "Orwell" like sceenery. It's an instrument often used in history but very often by very figures of very douptfull reputation.