concept of power; foucault

Foucault believed in a penopticon form of power. the type of power means that there is a central power or that a whole revolved around power. penoptic discipline is visible and invertible: it automizes and disindividuates power; produces homogenous effect of power. examples of these powers are hospitals, schools, and prisons. our government could even be an example. take for instance stooping at a stop sign. its a federal law to stop at a sign, for your safety and the safety of others. if you run it, you'll get pulled over, resulting in a traffic ticket or violation. we now have the instinct to stop at them now, because that rule has been engraved into our brains, it is visible and invertible. illegal immigration can also be a form of penoptic discipline. immigrants who are here illegally have learned over the years how to live under the radar. no tickets, no law violations. it understood what will happen if you get caught, so an immigrant knows what shouldn't be done. its like theres a central power to the kind of fear, and the power is ICE. the department that specializes enforcing immigrant laws. this is an example of visible and invertible discipline too. I think this concept is very accurate. I know first hand how it is to live as an immigrant, some of my family has had to live that way. stopping at stop signs, or an traffic law is engraved in to my mind every time that I drive anywhere. that's sort of how the world is, or our country. even when America first got settled in. the first thirteen colonies were ruled by a central power, called a movement blockade, which was Britain. Puerto rico is under a movement blockade because although it is not a state of the united states, it is still a part of the nation.