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		stcredzero on April 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jon Stewart assails Apple for becoming "Big Brothe... Actually, ubiquitous surveillance was a big part of the Big Brother apparatus in 1984.

RyanMcGreal on April 29, 2010 [–]

Of course, but the surveillance was mandatory and its purpose was to control the public by identifying, suppressing and silencing nonconformists.

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