> I've always found comparisons of CCTV with 'surveillance' in a meaningful sense of the term pretty cartoonish I think your experience is related to class. Wh

> I've always found comparisons of CCTV with 'surveillance' in a meaningful sense of the term pretty cartoonish I think your experience is related to class. When I read your comment I think - ok they must be a Petty Bourgeoisie or Bourgeoisie. CCTV is used to catch and punish so called 'criminals'. But when many public spaces and parks in London have been sold off/privatized[1], and the Commons has been plundered everywhere (IP, knowledge, etc.)[2], the laws punishing 'theft' are pretty laughable to me. In my research lately, I've been coming to the conclusion that maybe the ones who are making the laws are the real criminals. There are systemic thefts taking place: the slow privatization of public lands, the pay-to-play dynamics of modern day law, and the plunder of the educational and knowledge Commons through Intellectual Monopoly - making human curiousity illegal. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/05/revealed-how-london-parks-are-partly-privatised-festivals-wireless-finsbury-park https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/05/revealed-how-... [2] https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/plunder-commons-compensate-commoners/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/plunder-commons-...