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A Modest Proposal: Big Brother CCTV

Big Brother simply will not stop the relentless march toward becoming an all-powerful "Peeping Tom" guild. In Chicago, Mayor Dailey is promising to put a surveillance camera on every corner.

Due to the recent spate of corruption crimes by Chicago politicians, may I suggest that such a plan be scrapped, instead putting cameras in every government office in Chicago. This will help us keep the Windy City free from corruption. After all, government transparency is impossible when one class is given inscrutable power, and why would we want to give such a class unlimited power to spy on us?