When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are on a ratchet towards a surveillance state, which is coming to include the whole population in its surveillance. This is our reward for accepting the restraints on the way we live now.
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"When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are on a ratchet towards a surveillance state, which is coming to include the whole population in its surveillance. This is our reward for accepting the restraints on the way we live now." — Tom Stoppard
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When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are on a ratchet towards a surveillance state, which is coming to include the whole population in its surveillance. This is our reward for accepting the restraints on the way we live now. — Tom Stoppard
About Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard was a Dramatist from Czechoslovakia (1937–1946).
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Who said "When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are o…"?
This quote is attributed to Tom Stoppard, a Dramatist from Czechoslovakia.
When did Tom Stoppard live?
Tom Stoppard lived from 1937 – 1946.