What is new is the scale at which it happens now, in the democratic countries. And ordinary people are not aware at the level at which this invades their lives. And what is worse, you are deemed a criminal/undesirable if you voluntarily try to escape this surveillance.
Ellul was right. Propaganda and surveillance is more insidious in democracies than in authoritarian regimes.
Ellul was right. Propaganda and surveillance is more insidious in democracies than in authoritarian regimes.