What's Wrong With Order?

          The topic of class this week was discipline. More specifically, the topic was "Discipline and Punishment." Most of what we discussed were the ideas of Michel Foucault, which I found very reasonable. To me, his ideas all made sense. The thing that I agreed with most was his statement of how, in today's society, power is homogeneously distributed.
          The most relatable example of this distribution of power is the stop sign example. Personally, I stop at every stop sign I encounter; however, it's not necessarily for safety reasons s much as it is out of my own paranoia. I have this strange fear that if I run a stop sign, even if I don't see any other cars coming and it's extremely late at night, a cop will come out of nowhere and pull me over. At first, I didn't really understand the connections that were being made in class until this mentality was brought to my attention. Therefore, I'm not actually being controlled by a certain governmental authority or individual officer, but instead by my own internalized disciplines.
          Though authority does control society in this way, I don't see anything wrong with it overall. I don't think that there's anything wrong with distributing power this way as a means to maintain order. I believe that, in a lot of ways, society NEEDS to be controlled. Too much freedom can lead to chaos, anarchy, and many injustices. Not to say that we don't suffer injustices now, because we most certainly do, but it could be a lot worse if people had the power to individually exercise their own wills.
          At the same time, every power should have its limits whether it be of person or of government. In my opinion, the line of power should be drawn when it begins to impose on the freedom, safety, or equality of others. Also, the line of discipline should be drawn when it begins to jeopardize the life of any person, innocent or guilty.