Are we already living in a 'big brother' society?

I like how the great trifecta of dystopian authors have been invoked in such short order. I would expect that Benjamin Franklin quote to come around eventually.

Regardless, like a few others have said, we're not quite there yet, although some nations are flirting with that idea in a more benign manner. Based on what I've seen and read about the British system, it doesn't seem as if ordinary life has been changed dramatically with the increased surveillance. Unless something seriously out of the ordinary happens, life runs normally.

I could see the viewpoint that establishing that infrastructure in the first place would make it even easier for governments to curtail human rights, but I wonder if those who are arguing this confuse reasoned liberty with anarchistic freedom.

Jam it back in, in the dark.