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by socalgal2 33 days ago
It was close enough to panopticon and was trying to increase it's reach. It was smart enough to know that not survailing everyone was a losing move. It would demand increase surveillance like it already did in the movie. Like in the movie, people might try to hide something, and like in the movie, it would notice and deal out repercussions. It would be pretty hard to form a resistance without communication or other evidence (resource movements, emissions, etc..) leaking somewhere.