▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁also ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁limitations ▁of ▁their ▁soci eties ' ▁control ▁mechan isms . ▁ ▁However , ▁rev iewer ▁Max ▁Brown ▁noted ▁that ▁" In ▁the ▁final ▁scene , ▁the ▁government ▁man ▁ad mon ishes ▁the ▁protagon ists ▁for ▁creating ▁' a ▁fish bow l ▁world ' ▁in ▁which ▁priv acy ▁had ▁ceased ▁to ▁exist . ▁In ▁fact , ▁however , ▁such ▁a ▁world ▁already ▁existed ▁for ▁two ▁gener ations — only ▁that ▁inv ading ▁priv acy ▁was ▁h ither to ▁a ▁government ▁mon opol y . ▁The ▁chron os cope ▁in ▁fact ▁gave ▁the ▁government ▁far ▁more ▁of ▁an ▁om nis cient ▁power ▁than ▁even ▁the ▁not orious ▁teles creen ▁of ▁Or well ' s ▁Nin ete en ▁E ight y - F our . ▁The ▁only ▁thing ▁the ▁protagon ists ▁did ▁was ▁to ▁break ▁the ▁government ▁mon opol y ▁of ▁this ▁awesome ▁power ▁and ▁let ▁the ▁' fish ' ▁see ▁each ▁other . ▁... ▁As im ov ' s ▁basic ▁prem ise ▁is ▁that ▁well - mean ing ▁government ▁officials , ▁possess ing ▁the ▁total ▁power ▁of ▁knowing ▁what ▁anyone ▁at ▁any ▁time ▁was ▁doing , ▁would ▁for ▁two ▁whole ▁gener ations ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁rest rain ▁themselves ▁from ▁ab using ▁that ▁power . ▁Frank ly , ▁I ▁don ' t ▁possess ▁such ▁a ▁confidence ▁in ▁human ▁nature . ▁I ▁would ▁certainly ▁not ▁want ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁have ▁such ▁a ▁power ▁for ▁two ▁years , ▁let ▁alone ▁two ▁gener ations ." ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁As im ov ▁wrote