1984 Comparison with modern society -- Part VII
- Ignorance is Strength chapter by Goldstein
-- Promises by politicians running for office to fix things, change things, provide for the public welfare ... only to forget the masses that got them elected once in office.
-- Telescreens able to transmit propaganda and monitor citizens 24/7 = the Internet, 24-hour news cycle, meaningless entertainment programs, blogs, chats ... a million different ways for us to observe each other. We ARE the collective Thought Police.
-- The MEDIA focusing the public's attention on one event or tragedy, while countless others are forgotten.
-- Council on Foreign Relations
-- The G8
-- The WTO
-- "Here comes the new boss. Same as the old boss."
-- The more things change, the more they stay the same.
-- Republicrats and Demicans -- The two party system in the U.S. functions much like the three supernations in the book 1984. They basically enact the same legislation, regardless of party affiliation ... and the pundits who debate one another are the equivalent of the slave populations on the borders of the supernations, fighting the endless war.
-- The United States deposing a dictator that we supported two decades ago. Thankfully, the past cannot be rewritten. However, those who support current military action, like deposing Noriega or Saddam, have no choice but to forget our support of these dictators years before. The admission of a mistake weakens the present argument ... if we've made mistakes in the past, it's very easy to argue that our current actions to correct past mistakes are merely compounding the situation. In other words, leave well enough alone.
-- "Mutability of the Past" = Columbus "Discovered" America, Andrew Jackson "Expanded" America, etc. How about this: the Cherokees and other tribes "Discovered" imperialism, and shed blood and tears as Jackson "Expanded" America's borders. This is but one small example of how has been history is written by the victors, those in charge, the Party, Big Brother.
-- "The prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity" = No wonder logical solutions are seemingly never enacted by Government, under the guise of such buzz words as "bipartisanship" and "compromise."
-- Promises by politicians running for office to fix things, change things, provide for the public welfare ... only to forget the masses that got them elected once in office.
-- Telescreens able to transmit propaganda and monitor citizens 24/7 = the Internet, 24-hour news cycle, meaningless entertainment programs, blogs, chats ... a million different ways for us to observe each other. We ARE the collective Thought Police.
-- The MEDIA focusing the public's attention on one event or tragedy, while countless others are forgotten.
-- Council on Foreign Relations
-- The G8
-- The WTO
-- "Here comes the new boss. Same as the old boss."
-- The more things change, the more they stay the same.
-- Republicrats and Demicans -- The two party system in the U.S. functions much like the three supernations in the book 1984. They basically enact the same legislation, regardless of party affiliation ... and the pundits who debate one another are the equivalent of the slave populations on the borders of the supernations, fighting the endless war.
-- The United States deposing a dictator that we supported two decades ago. Thankfully, the past cannot be rewritten. However, those who support current military action, like deposing Noriega or Saddam, have no choice but to forget our support of these dictators years before. The admission of a mistake weakens the present argument ... if we've made mistakes in the past, it's very easy to argue that our current actions to correct past mistakes are merely compounding the situation. In other words, leave well enough alone.
-- "Mutability of the Past" = Columbus "Discovered" America, Andrew Jackson "Expanded" America, etc. How about this: the Cherokees and other tribes "Discovered" imperialism, and shed blood and tears as Jackson "Expanded" America's borders. This is but one small example of how has been history is written by the victors, those in charge, the Party, Big Brother.
-- "The prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity" = No wonder logical solutions are seemingly never enacted by Government, under the guise of such buzz words as "bipartisanship" and "compromise."
Labels: 1984, bipartisanship, cfr, comparison, compromise, demican, dictators, g8, ignorance is strength, imperialism, insanity, MEDIA, modern life, politicians, republicrat, wto
posted by Skew | Friday, August 08, 2008
4 Comments:
Great themes here. 100% true
• Casey Kotchman as a Brave: .152/.237/.242 (nine games). During that same span, I have found that I can stack the many root beer bottle caps on my desk into a giant sticky pyramid.
• I just got an email notifying me of my 20th anniversary high school reunion. Should I go? I admit to some curiosity, though with my eyesight it will probably be four hours of my squinting and not recognizing people.
• Willie Harris has nine home runs this year. That's a hard fact to absorb. The Nats, though, apparently have no problem buying it, as they're looking to sign the career 25th man to an extension.
By the way, Tony, I now use the word "parenthetically" to death.
Anywho, still two more seasons before Albert Pujols has played enough to qualify for the Hall of Fame. He could retire on Opening Day 2010 and still get in. Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig and Hank Greenberg have nothing on this guy (4-for-4 with a double and a home run Wednesday).
whachoo mean you took the DAY OFF, boy?
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