Part I: A Man in America compares his modern life to the fictionalized Man in Europe
I've decided to draw some analogies between 1984 the novel and my personal experiences. Read it and weep:
- George Winston sitting in the cafeteria, feeling like he's the only one who sees the truth and not some idiot quacking away the Party line reminds me of:
-- Blogs with a partisan, political bent. Yeah, explain to me how you're pro-abortion and anti-death penalty. I want to bask in the Skew'ed logic. Or how you liked Saddam in power but want Tibet freed by any means necessary -- tell me more about how Buddhists deserve freedom but not Iraqis.
-- News media, explaining something I've known about for years to its audience of idiots in child-like terms.
-- Executives who refuse to apply common sense to corporate strategy for fear that shareholders will riot
-- Politicians afraid to do what the public wants because of a lobbyist or small
special interest group that provides funding to their campaigns
- George Winston not having a true friend
-- Welcome to South Florida. No wonder the 9/11 terrorists took up residence there.
- Newspeak
-- Text-messaging lingo
Labels: 1984, comparison, modern life
posted by Skew | Monday, June 16, 2008
2 Comments:
Vahl, probably never more in U.S. history has the majority of people been engaged in political discussions thanks to the Internet, TV penetration in households, and car radios. And what do we get? We get SKEWED political opinions that are either LIBERAL or CONSERVATIVE, and try to fit in "labels" and trying to get No-Prizes when their politician of the day stays.
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On a similar note to your post, during Marvel's CIVIL WAR series, Captain America said that he can't be a patriot and symbol for a government that is run by corporations, special interest groups, and that stomps on our freedoms. In my opinion, being a libertarian is being a true American, not someone that mindlessly follows party lines and doesn't believe in freedom of speech.
i agree.
the old politics are obsolete and they got to go.
because its like being brainwashed in a cult.
there are plenty more independently minded people outside the liberal/conservative sphere in both the libertarian and green parties, even though i dont agree with them on all issues at least theyre not zombies.
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