Re: Uk police state
As Rosie mentioned earlier, it's the times that we live in, 21st century.
To be fair, US seems to be a lot more of a police state with many of laws designed to surpress poor people of certain ethnic background. The situation in US in more "in your face" because of the violence that comes with such unbalanced society.
UK is a weird mix of "everything is alright" and "big brother is watching you".
On one hand, the people here are so pampered by welfare state and general lack of ambition, that they just don't care what's REALLY happening. Majority of people are VERY happy over in UK just driving around a car that is owned by a bank, living in a house that is owned by a bank and punching a clock every day because it's easier to suffer with other people doing 9 to 5 than it is to come up with something else and try to get off the rutine titty, that is 9 to 5.
Other part of UK are just very paranoid and have been since the early 80s, most likely.
UK has always been sneaky with it's people and what people don't realise about UK is that it truly is run by a selected few. In America you have the faceless corporations that bend the country over backwards but in UK it's the faceless families of royal background that do exactly the same thing and have been doing the same thing for not only couple of generations, but for tens of generations.
On one hand, I don't mind the infotech age and certain freedoms that come with it, but I do mind having my data shared with people who are not experts and do things "just because it's a job"
What's the differece between a person who punches clock at McDonalds and a person who does it at a police station? Nothing.
They are just people, just like you and me. They all have bad days and they all get fed up with their jobs, they all have bills to pay and they all make mistakes.
The problem is, we are not wearing a uniform and we will not be given access to other peoples lives, like them.
It's a never ending cycle of privacy laws that is changing and at the moment it's geared towards the selected few, but the change will eventually trickle down to the masses and just as they have access to EVERYTHING, we will have access to everything. One day.
In year 2015, it's impossible to imagine a future world where you have privacy. We are the last generations that have enjoyed the true privacy.
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