Concept of Power

In Michel Foucault's chapter titled Discipline and Punishment, he discusses the concept of power and how it is exercised in society. He introduces the concept of the panopticism which he describes as a network where power is centralized around an all-seeing eye. He also introduces the concept of functional mechanism panopticon, where power is decentralized. What stood out to me is the similarities that these concepts have to the Illuminati conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory revolves around a secret organization known as the new world order, which supposedly is has a lot of influence in world politics and media. How power is organized with the new world order is decentralized much how it is described in functional mechanism panopticam. I do not believe in this conspiracy theory but it is interesting to see how both ideas are similar. A major example of the panopticam in our lives is how the government is always monitoring us, especially when it comes to law enforcement and technology. To be specific, most people would go beyond the speed limit on a highway if they were certain that a police car would not be checking the speeds of cars; but because of the knowledge that are policemen scattered at different points in a highway, people choose instead to drive under the speed limit. On the other hand, this goes in deeper on the topic of undocumented immigrants. Most of us undocumented immigrants are careful and aware of their own situations for tasks that would otherwise be risk-free for everybody else. These tasks include driving, going to an airport, and opening the door to strangers, since at any moment we know that an ICE officer could be there, and could start to ask us questions to which if we answer wrong, end up in a deportation order.