Elf on the shelf toy a panopticon for your kids.

[greenseed]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/

Taking 'Santa knows when youve been naughty or nice' to the next level
To prepare them for living in the surveillance state.

[greenseed]

[Masato]

Thanks Greenseed. My kids have mentioned this but I had no idea what they were talking about.

Fatherhood has not helped my already-growing paranoia, lol

[greenseed]

hahh. i can understand why. on a proactive note, i was listening to this series on Edward Bernays' book "Propaganda" : and he (the series host in part 5) mentioned asking your kids questions relating to advertising and propaganda when you recognize something around you ie a commercial or poster that is trying to influence you to buy something. ask them if they know that those ads are trying to take advantage of your instinctual desires to be attractive,liked, safe, secure etc.

[Masato]

^ Wow!

Awesome find man

- will watch 100%