Quotes from Kai Strittmatter

the tyrant must "stifle everything that might give rise to two things, self-assurance and trust.

If an individual is completely isolated, but most important, completely visible, says Foucault, then power functions automatically. "[T]he surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action; [ . . .] the perfection of power should tend to render its actual exercise unnecessary.

Dla nas, Europejczyków, Chiny by?y wci?? jeszcze czyst? kart?, dziewiczym obszarem dla naszych w?asnych wyobra?e?. Raz by?y niebem, raz piek?em, innym razem znów "?ó?tym niebezpiecze?stwem", rzadko kto? rozró?nia? stany po?rednie.

The Chinese state is the majority shareholder in the Hangzhou firm Hikvision, which began life in a state research institute and is now the largest manufacturer of video surveillance systems in the world. Today, Hikvision cameras have been installed in more than 150 countries, where they identify faces and license plates, and send an automatic alert when a driver is seen texting at the wheel.

Harmony is when ordinary people don't make a fuss.