The novel 1984 by George Orwell, talks about a futuristic society monitored, controlled and watched by it's government "Big Brother is Watching"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
For a depressing and stern warning of what we are becoming watch this:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5464625623984168940
Turns out that the government is clueless and Corporate America is the one who is Watching, Controlling and systematically Suppressing and Enslaving our society in totalitarianism and serfdom.