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Hey all. I'm new.
I basically see Orwell's prophecy coming true in every possible way, crimestop= labeling question-asking as unpatriotic, doublethink= just one example, patriot act denying liberties patriots died for, war is peace= the war for peace, freedom is slavery = freedom being taken away in the name of protecting freedom, two minutes hate= uniting people against larger-than-life black and white villains, prolefeed= well, that speaks for itself, the marriage restrictions, the civillian surveilance, the arrests without charges, the mistreatment of prisoners, WE EVEN HAVE VAPORIZATIONS NOW. Look up ghost prisoners. And as Orwell said, modern man has performed the essential act of Jonas. We have remained passive and allowed ourselves to be swallowed. The major theme of his writings was the horror that the world becomes when we FAIL TO PROTEST. I see, as the worst of the world's problems, not the atrocities being committed by governments, but rather our own human inertia brought on by comfortable lifestyles and the assumption that everything will take care of itself. Technology once inspired people to think. Now it ensures that we don't have to. Honestly, if a dictator were to take over America and declare himself ruler for life, and say that there would be no more elections and anyone refusing to serve as his slave would be burned alive, I fear that the American people would write an angry letter to him, and them promply proceed to forget that anything had ever happened. WE NEED DISSENT. NOW. So who's with me? And who thinks i'm crazy?
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