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Foucault And Panopticism In America

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Foucault’s claim that power should be visible and unverifiable and the idea of the Panopticism has had a major impact on everyone in America after 9/11. For instance, ever since this catastrophic incident of 9/11, internet and cellular providers has changed their program and now are more into viewing, what is going on. As time has gone by the facility has drifted away, but the idea of being watched over is still alive. The internet providers make sure whatever you are doing is not illegal or illicit activities, every time someone gets online. Being watched online makes people have a constant fear of being watch, so they will decide not to do anything illegal if not they could serve time behind the bars in which they might prefer not to do that.
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