If you examine further, you’ll find that one of the U.S. government’s criticism against China government’s authoritarian-like regime on its citizen is, in fact, their imposition of law enforcement using tight surveillance in public using the same type of technology as a means to their crime prevention; be it via assisting their law enforcers in tracking down criminal offenders via face recognition or the ability to deter crime via its effectiveness in nabbing offenders.

The criticism is based upon the fact that surveillance in public on its citizens would deprive them on their basic human rights such as freedom and privacy which is essentially what “the land of the free” advocates.

The truth of the matter is, the Chinese government knew in certainty that the overall benefits of technological advancements like these would far outweigh the justification of the cons sooner or later to not harness its potential. However, upon assessment, the reigning communist party knew that if they were to implement this change within the entire infrastructure of its country, there’s no point in trying to cover it up as the cat will be out of the bag at some point and if they gone that way, it’s not difficult to imagine what backlash it can get from its citizens; evidently so from what I would imagine will be the case for the LAPD albeit knowing from the way allegations concerning national interest that had been exposed accusing the U.S. government in recent years, i believe the U.S. citizens are also likely to either be gaslit into letting it slide over time or in thei perpetual self-denial and still convinced that mankind can still be ultimately free without a price to pay in peace.

Rather than being wishy washy about it, I’d rather it be carried out like how the CCP did. After all, I know for a fact that as long as the laws implemented are fair and just, why should a citizen feel insecure about having to their face and actions captured? At the end of the day, this is likely to become a way of life in how a society is being run inevitably.

While we all know very well that the data captured through surveillance of its citizens obviously won’t just be used for law enforcement purposes unless one is incredibly foolish and naive, this is after all, driven by the unstoppable force powered by the invisible hands of market economy, capitalism and globalization; something which we cannot prevent unless we want to stay relevant and survivable.

All I can say after a well- travelled life and having a wide perspective of the world, the U.S. are really just in perpetual self-denial as if you’re still living in your glory days of post WWII. Grow up Americans. The entire world already has since and like even with such a dark history to bear in their identity, the Germans are one of the nicest people in today’s context.

The Americans really ought to wake up. Stop buying into the lies your own government sell you everyday. Stop assuming the entire 6 billion people in the rest of the world sees the same way you do; like how you see your country.

Majority of Americans don’t even actually live a full life having the opportunity to travel beyond their own country. With any luck, perhaps some would probably be able to cross the Mexican border or pop by Canada and possibly a handful would save enough to go for a grad trip and tour Europe.