See this here u/Jhex, this is a comparison that makes sense because it is a criticism of the “surveillance state” by comparing numbers of CCTV cameras between a parliamentary democracy with free and fair elections and an authoritarian state which does not and highlights that whilst one has much more political freedoms they both have a large surveillance state apparatus and you’d expect one of them to have a smaller one.
There are more cctv cameras per sq mile in the UK than China
It’s absolutely a surveillance state
China has twice as many cameras per person than the UK
Doesn’t china have massive deserts that no one lives in? Doesn’t seem like a great comparison
So you can do things and go places more often in china without being tracked
We are allowed to notice dystopian tendencies in western governments as well
See this here u/Jhex, this is a comparison that makes sense because it is a criticism of the “surveillance state” by comparing numbers of CCTV cameras between a parliamentary democracy with free and fair elections and an authoritarian state which does not and highlights that whilst one has much more political freedoms they both have a large surveillance state apparatus and you’d expect one of them to have a smaller one.