The Importance Of Abusing Power

How would you feel to be watched by the government constantly? The government could be watching you sleep, eat, and do your daily routines. Just to keep order, the government is doing this now, and you have no clue. Now that seems pretty insane, does it not? The government would be completely abusing their power if they chose to do this. Just to maintain order the government does not have to use surveillance and watch our every move. That is outrageous and most definitely is an abuse of power. The government would be abusing power because watching peoples every move would be violating their privacy completely; the government would also be abusing power because technically the government would be violating the 4th amendment, and finally the government would be abusing power because the U.S is supposed to be ruled by the people. First, watching peoples every move would be violating their privacy completely. The government using surveillance and watching everyone to maintain order at all times is completely violating people’s privacy. Some people just need some alone time sometimes to relieve some stress or just think in general, but with the government constantly watching them, they wouldn’t be able to do this and would just be more stressed knowing they are being watched by the …show more content…
It is clear that it is an abuse of power, because for the government to use surveillance to watch people, it is invading personal privacy in every way. Furthermore the government is violating the 4th amendment in multiple ways. Lastly, the U.S. is supposed to be ruled by the people, and this would be the opposite of that entirely. In no way is the government using surveillance to maintain order okay in any country, much less the U.S., the land of the free. It would not be very free if you were being watched all the time. Wouldn’t you feel like your privacy was being completely