Orwellian America ( repost )

1984 and Brave New World are two sides of the same dystopian coin. This article shows how those conceptual frameworks of a dystopian future are working together to produce a totalitarian state.


Update:


The Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare, is doublespeak.  It is Orwellian.  We have arrived an an American Orwellian state.

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An Orwellian America

By Tyler Durden

Created 03/15/2013 - 20:25

The state, crippled by massive deficits, endless war and corporate malfeasance, is clearly sliding toward unavoidable bankruptcy. It is time for Big Brother to take over from Huxley's feelies, the orgy-porgy and the centrifugal bumble-puppy. We are transitioning from a society where we are skillfully manipulated by lies and illusions to one where we are overtly controlled. We are one crisis away from a police state. All the powers are in place. Someone will flip the switch. Whether a Cyber Attack, escalating Currency War tensions or a 'terrorist' attack by indebted college youth, it is only a matter of time and circumstance... 

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