![]() ![]() (Just ask Winston SmithBradley Manning or Emmanuel Goldstein Edward Snowden) Ask too many questions, expose the truth, pose a threat to the established order, and you’ll be targeted for a trip to Room 101. Fear also worked better on them because they were capable of understanding the risks involved with having “bad” thoughts. Party Members (Inner & Outer) like Winston Smith were the most watched & most severely punished because they were smart enough to ask questions, seek the truth, or pose a threat. While still under the boot, the Proles were largely ignored because they were too distracted with their pitiful lives and were kept too stupid to pose a threat even if they wanted to. One thing about 1984 most people forget is that it wasn’t ALL boot-on-the-face. We also live in a world awash in powerful mood altering drugs that are handed out like candy, a world full of mind numbing distractions and a world where people only care about fulfilling their base urges. We live in a world full of drones, cameras, screens that provide endless monitoring of us, secret prisons and Big Brother “keeping us safe” from folks who may not even exist. Both Orwell and Huxley are completely accurate in their predictions of the future. ![]()
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