| Thursday, March 15, 2007 |
| Chapter 3: Absolute Monocracy and Totalitarianism |
Oops. Did I just get myself flagged for this chapter? Maybe. But if this is the first time, I would be surprised.
Have you ever wondered where our nation is heading in terms of "the land of the free"? Have you felt like you're being constantly watched and your freedom is more and more being compromised? Well you'd be right. What we are headed for, is a fascist society. And oh, it will come. But be prepared. Know what you're in for.
Imagine, being given a time to wake up in the morning, and having it being implemented as if you were a teenager back in school. What about government rationed breakfast? No Fruity O's for you. Lets not forget the "government-provided" car that literally stops if it goes over a certain speed limit. You'll have to pay for that car yourself though. You won't control your speed as you drive down the street, computers will. Speed limit signs will no longer be inanimate objects, but they will have speed control on them that connect with the passing cars to automatically change the speed of them according to the zone.
Welcome to your job! You're overworked and underpaid, on a strict 10 hour day schedule with no breaks and only a half hour for lunch. More government rationed food for lunch. Places like Pizza Shack and McWhatever don't exist anymore. Your shift is over, though if someone can't make it to their shift after you because they are being punished for breaking the rules, well, you have to take over their shift too. But lets just say today you're lucky and no one rebelled. Its nearly curfew time. You'd better get home!
Television. You've got 3 channels to watch and two of them are government television. They pretend to tell you what is going on with your nation, but they really only tell you what they want you to know, and not the whole truth. They tell you things that keep you inside your house after curfew from fear of whatever punishment they are doling out this month. They tell you what you aren't allowed to do, say, wear, listen to, or think, or else.
Well, looks like its bedtime. The power in the city has been shut off in order to force people into bed. Can't read without a light. Its best to get to sleep now, the police will be patrolling in about a half hour to make sure we are all in bed.
Maybe its an exaggeration. Maybe its our future. Sometimes I get scared to curse in public for fear of a fine, or to play my music above level 25, lest i get pulled over by a cop and ticketed. So many human rights are being, not only denied, but taken away. I have to wonder how much more we will be denied, i have to wonder how much more will be taken away. Will our internal thoughts be monitored one day?
Prepare yourself for Year Zero.Labels: absolutism, fear, government, media, monocracy, totalitarianism, year zero |
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| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| Chapter 2: Needle In The Ball Pit |
I'm sure a good many of you have received the email chain letter that warns you against letting your child get into the ball pit at McWhatever food chain because of the evils lurking at the bottom. They want you to know/believe that lying and festering at the bottom of the ball pit are the likes of feces, urine, vomit, dirty diapers, old rotten food, and even hypodermic needles with heroin in them.
If we are thinking logically, wouldn't something like this be a national news story and not just some random email getting forwarded around to gullible people? Do you realize you have to be under 3 feet or so to even get in the ball pit? I doubt drug addicts are handing their kids needles to drop in the pit for them to sabotage other little children. Now the rest of the stuff sounds feasible but i don't think these pits are swimming in this stuff either, otherwise more people would notice their children getting dirty every time they take a dive in the pit.
Chain letters and email forwards of these sort are basically out there to drive fear into the easily fooled. Its as if the media and the government don't drive enough fear into us as it is, but these muckabouts who have nothing better to do online feel the need to add to the stress the nation is already experiencing. People wonder why there are more people with agoraphobia than there used to be, and its because of fear.
Oh but then wait. The next chapter will feed on your fear. Sorry.Labels: ball pits, chain letters, email forwards, fear, gullible, media, needles, stress |
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