No need for Nazi salutes (is Snowden still a spy?)

The Nazi salute may have had many reasons, but the most obvious one should have been to show that the man giving the Nazi salute received the propaganda and is acting on it.

This way of receiving feedback was most likely implemented due to the fact that there were no other technical means, but when there is a state of the art mass-surveillance state this is no longer needed. The ones that are watching you can see if you received the propaganda and if you act on it.


Update: I figured out that one of the most important component in this setup is also the feeling of being watched, which make you comply even if you are not convinced, then I  also remembered this article and found the same concerns voiced by Naomi Wolf:

It is actually in the Police State’s interest to let everyone know that everything you write or say everywhere is being surveilled, and that awful things happen to people who challenge this.  Which is why I am not surprised that now he is on UK no-fly lists – I assume the end of this story is that we will all have a lesson in terrible things that happen to whistleblowers. That could be because he is a real guy who gets in trouble; but it would be as useful to the police state if he is a fake guy who gets in ‘trouble.’

 That feeling, of being watched, was missing in surveillance until a certain agent leaked a lot of PowerPoint presentations, basically nothing compromising for NSA (technically speaking, software, keys etc) other than the fact that there is limitless technical capacity for surveillance.

And now in the light of recent conflict with Russia they may also have a spy in the heart of Russia, if that is true is hard to know, if we will ever know. So now that the path is already set what whistleblowers will dare go to the enemy (Russia).

For the business as usual the machine needs to work no matter that the system sooner or later will get false confessions and bring a lot of injustice.