I'm pretty much convinced that the greatest threat to true freedom is pervasive monitoring. It is impossible to resist any powerful force when they know everyth

I'm pretty much convinced that the greatest threat to true freedom is pervasive monitoring. It is impossible to resist any powerful force when they know everything you say and do. They can simply undermine any activity. I realized this when my buddies were telling me about their work on facial recognition for WalMart stores. And then read about how WalMart finds reasons to fire everybody who had contact with union organizers. That is just the tip of the iceburg, as the powerful will get better and better at both monitoring and control - without our awareness that we are being controlled.