Most have invoked Orwell when raging against draconian lockdowns & mask mandates.
It is easy to see the parallels:
Militaristic enforcement to ensure compliance, censorship, Newspeek, etc.
However, I think that we also need to consider Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
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It is easy to see the parallels:
Militaristic enforcement to ensure compliance, censorship, Newspeek, etc.
However, I think that we also need to consider Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
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Brave New World was published 17 prior to "1984" - yet has many parallels to our current culture - and to our government's overzealous, oppressive & unscientific response to CV-19.
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Beyond Huxley's brilliant portrayal of a dystopian future obsessed with sexual gratification, mindless pop-culture entertainment, & technological advancement...
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...the totalitarian rulers in BNW do this not by oppressing their citizens but by giving them exactly what they want, or what they think they want - & lulling them into complacency.
In our present day, those blinded by fear - want, or think they want, absolute safety.
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In our present day, those blinded by fear - want, or think they want, absolute safety.
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They want safety from illness & death.
And they have been conditioned by fear to want this unreasonable expectation of safety at ANY cost - to the point where they have been lulled into accepting the pain of the "ANY cost" as their #NewNormal
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And they have been conditioned by fear to want this unreasonable expectation of safety at ANY cost - to the point where they have been lulled into accepting the pain of the "ANY cost" as their #NewNormal
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That "unreasonable expectation of safety" is #COVIDZero
In Ontario, this kind of delusional & magical thinking is propagated by people who have the ear of (& some control of) our Premier @fordnation & our Minister of Health @celliottability
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In Ontario, this kind of delusional & magical thinking is propagated by people who have the ear of (& some control of) our Premier @fordnation & our Minister of Health @celliottability
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People like @DFisman who apparently think that we should never get sick, & never die.
And of course, in this magical world - the economic, social, educational & mental health devastation his recommendations caused would have never happened.
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And of course, in this magical world - the economic, social, educational & mental health devastation his recommendations caused would have never happened.
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But hey #Ontario
I know that most of you will not critically analyze these points - if you ever even read them.
So go ahead.
Take your carrot.
Dip it in some "Soma"
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I know that most of you will not critically analyze these points - if you ever even read them.
So go ahead.
Take your carrot.
Dip it in some "Soma"
https://twitter.com/rant_rn/status/1403463084832927750
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...& be lulled into complacency - while everything that made life enjoyable, meaningful & worth living is stripped away, while people who live in an imaginary world create a Brave New World for you & your children to live in.
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A Brave New World that smothers you in your blissful sleep before you can wake up & return to living again.
For the rest of us...
Living is more than just existing!
Time to start living again!
#WakeUp
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For the rest of us...
Living is more than just existing!
Time to start living again!
#WakeUp
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*the totalitarian rulers in BNW succeed
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