Taking notes from George Orwell, Pyscho-Pass revolves around the idea that constant supervision can be internalized by individuals in a society and used as a tool of control. The gist of is that you'll behave if you think you're being watched at all times, even when you aren't, so nobody has to actually watch you. All that matters is that you believe it. Here, the terror comes from the fact that Sybil – like Orwell's Big Brother – always has the authority to check your Crime Coefficient, so citizens are perpetually on trial. If they're not criminals yet, they're just latent criminals, and preventative measures will be taken to make sure they don't enter the caste of second-class citizenship.
