The thing about CCTV is that it tends to be a privately owned camera monitoring either public property, or the camera owner's property.

As a photographer I spend a lot of time defending my right to take pictures in public, so I'm not really sure that I can then turn around and argue the opposite with regard to private CCTV.

Government monitoring and tracking systems are a completely separate matter of course.

Is steampunk a subculture? I must have missed the riots, hanging around on street corners intimidating the elderly and public accusations of corrupting the nation's youth.

Subcultures aren't what they used to be. Anyway, I'm sure we'll get there; in the meantime, keep up the good work and start putting razors in the the brim of your top hats.