[thisislife2]

Surveillance capitalism is the accepted future of capitalistic society and both the UK and the US are experimenting with different ways (and sharing notes) on how it can be improved. I personally view it as the greatest danger to democratic values, and it seems to be swinging towards the extreme (Imperialism). China too has forced this on all its citizens.

[antithesizer]

Approximately half of US citizens support mass surveillance (depending on how the question is phrased). Is democracy a "democratic value"?

[thisislife2]

That depends on whether you believe in majoritarian democracy or in consensus-based democracy where the democratic system mediates the negotiation of powers between different groups of society.