Perskaitęs šį straipsnį tik dar kartą įsitikinau, kad visos didžiosios valstybės (JAV, Didžioji Britanija, Rusija, Kinija)  yra panačios nepriklausomai nuo jų santvarkos ir propaguojamų vertybių. Todėl visi jų vadovų pasisakymai apie demokratines vertybes, žmogaus teises ir panašiai, man susitapatina su buvusios SSRS retorika ir propaganda, t.y. visa tai tik PR’as, kuris yra skirtas plačiosioms masėms. Nes kaip tada paaiškinti tą faktą, kad JAV kompanijos dalyvauja kuriant vieną didžiausių visuotino sekimo sistemų pasaulyje – kinų “Auksinį skydą“?

“This is how this Golden Shield will work: Chinese citizens will be watched around the clock through networked CCTV cameras and remote monitoring of computers. They will be listened to on their phone calls, monitored by digital voice-recognition technologies. Their Internet access will be aggressively limited through the country’s notorious system of online controls known as the “Great Firewall.“ Their movements will be tracked through national ID cards with scannable computer chips and photos that are instantly uploaded to police databases and linked to their holder’s personal data. This is the most important element of all: linking all these tools together in a massive, searchable database of names, photos, residency information, work history and biometric data. When Golden Shield is finished, there will be a photo in those databases for every person in China: 1.3 billion faces.“

Taip ši sistema veiks ir tokie jos tikslai. O kas gi padeda tai kurti ir gražiai bei pelningai bendradarbiauja?

“With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export.“

“The closed-circuit TV cameras will soon be connected to a single, nationwide network, an all-seeing system that will be capable of tracking and identifying anyone who comes within its range — a project driven in part by U.S. technology and investment. Over the next three years, Chinese security executives predict they will install as many as 2 million CCTVs in Shenzhen, which would make it the most watched city in the world. (Security-crazy London boasts only half a million surveillance cameras.)“

“The end goal is to use the latest people-tracking technology — thoughtfully supplied by American giants like IBM, Honeywell and General Electric…“

Kad ir kaip norėčiau, tačiau negaliu nesutikti:

“Remember how we’ve always been told that free markets and free people go hand in hand? That was a lie. It turns out that the most efficient delivery system for capitalism is actually a communist-style police state, fortressed with American “homeland security“ technologies, pumped up with “war on terror“ rhetoric. And the global corporations currently earning superprofits from this social experiment are unlikely to be content if the lucrative new market remains confined to cities such as Shenzhen. Like everything else assembled in China with American parts, Police State 2.0 is ready for export to a neighborhood near you.“

Straipsnis pakankamai ilgas, bet tikrai vertas skaitymo:

China’s All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone

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