The surveillance of all citizens, was outlined in Zbigniew Brzezinski’s book, Between Two Ages (1970).
“...The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities...”

I wonder if it's not the authors of forecasting texts which give ideas to what was predicted then actually is happening. I came to the conclusion that negative predicting is part of a self fulfilling prophesy, even though it was not intended from the author. They have the fantasy, others have the means.