Watchfulness in a sentence as a noun

At what level of watchfulness does a society go from "vigilant" to "surveillance state"?

What Gideon wrote was: The error arose from want of diligent watchfulness in respect to legislative changes.

If there really were demand for people - rather than just a permanent watchfulness for grabbing up above average people when you can - basic economics would predict that salaries would increase.

Watchfulness definitions

noun

the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

See also: wakefulness vigilance alertness

noun

vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"

See also: vigilance