1. The Unknown Citizen
The ideal citizen is supposed to be "One against whom there was no official complaint [and] in everything he did he served the community"(5). The idea that a perfect modern man is not meant to have any complaints and to serve the community, suggests that the state requires it's citizens to work for the benefit of the state, not the individual. ... The government continues to only know its citizens by these numbers therefore the people begin to expect, and accept a larger government role in their lives. ... Rather than personal information, the important facts are the things the citizens d...
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