They started talking about the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in 1984, when I was in HS. But I found the topic of the book fascinating. And Orwell thought we were heading in that direction. With political changes he saw then, and the advances in technology. Orwell said the superstates of tomorrow might use things like Big Brother, the cult of personality, doublethink, the thought police, thoughtcrimes, Newspeak, 2 + 2 = 5, Emmanuel Goldstein, Ingsoc and damnatio memoriae. To control, not only people's actions, but their minds too. And that might all be what is going on today. Thoughts?
It's been going on for thousands of years. Watch the show "How to Be a Dictator", on Netflix. It shows how Stalin, Hitler, Mao Se Tung, Qaddafi, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and others all came to power by using a recipe of: massive disinformation, multiple secret agencies, manipulating the media, killing thousands or millions or people, finding a enemy to blame for their miserable situation, starting a war, plowing under crops to starve the population, and forcing their scientists to publish documents and books recommending all these actions.
Yes, same old, same old. Wish there was a better idea or system, but no. We humans can't think our way out of a paper bag.
I miss-typed the name of the series. It is named: "How to Become a Tyrant". Six Episodes of approx. 30 minutes each. One other trick of tyrants is to hide behind the curtain of a non-existent organization like the term "Communist" when in reality it's one dictator and his thug followers.
As if I needed more proof the Rs are trying to force our country down a very sordid rat hole. Today I received a alumni newsletter from a very large University and the feature stories were: Celebrating Black History Month! An award to a noted woman scientist Opening a new Multicultural Center President Biden awarding a medal of Freedom to Magic Johnson WTF is wrong with those mean ignorant fascists trashing the very soul of our country?
