Like I mentioned in my previous blog, authority figures have the ability to start and stop whatever, whenever. Foucault’s quote represents this notion perfectly: “Everyone locked up in his cage, everyone at his window, answering to his name and showing himself when asked.” The word “everyone” stands for the populace within the United States, while the word “his” represents all Repressive Apparatuses. For example, the government set laws that society has to abide by, but it has become so rehearsed that society can’t distinguish between their individual rights and the rights forced by the government. When a police officer stops a man for no apparent reason or uses his suit to gain respect in wrongful ways often creates controversy among society and higher forces, but it’s dangerous to question authority, especially when they have the right to stabilize you.
This leads me into Foucault’s second quote, “Inspection functions ceaselessly.” Society functions as a mechanical device that is preprogrammed to act in a certain way. When authority figures bust in houses, pull over cars, harass people, or stage a crime, they don’t get arrested like the people caught in these stages do; instead they are brought into court and dragged out into they are clear of all charges or it eventually gets buried under other reports. We have to let authority figures take their course when claiming to benefit out environment, but it’s a time when they go to far.
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