I don't think
it's an issue of whether we will actually become a , but how we are already adopting many of the
characteristics of that society in our own. The issue of information/knowledge/truth is one
obvious similarity. actually rewrites the past because it was "possible." The whole
idea was that that past was manipulated so that it could be used as a propaganda tool in the
future. The problem today is that we get much of our information from the internet, and we
often do not know where it comes from or how accurate it is. So the past begins to become
malleable. A trivial example appeared in the paper last week. After hundreds of years as our
greatest president, Washington was replaced by Lincoln. Why did this happen? Do the people who
were polled really know that much about either/both president? I doubt it. I think it's more
likely the result of Obama's endless praising of Lincoln having an indirect effect on the
people.
Another example is Obama's endless use of the word crisis, creating
fear in the population so that we are more ready to accept his solutions. But how many of us
really KNOW that there is a crisis or that the administration's proposed solutions are the
best/appropriate? Do we believe it because it is pounded into us almost daily by the media? Is
it this easy to get us to believe things? If so, how far are we from Winston's
1984?
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