Good post, and a worthy topic to mention. i think it's a necessary byproduct of our expanded society and over-populated time. It's a balance we have to strike, and I think on the whole it's being managed pretty well. But depend on who's in power. Such books by Orwell have helped to maintain and remind us of extremes. However, you could worry in more extreme areas of the planet, with strict governments, whether in the future that balance will swing.