"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
- George Orwell
"Did anyone actually read 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley?
These classic dystopian novels warned us about the dangers of totalitarianism and the loss of individual freedom.
Instead of heeding these warnings, the rich and powerful used them as "how-to" manuals to control and manipulate the masses.
Unfortunately, these books describe our current reality all too well.
These classic dystopian novels warned us about the dangers of totalitarianism and the loss of individual freedom.
Instead of heeding these warnings, the rich and powerful used them as "how-to" manuals to control and manipulate the masses.
Unfortunately, these books describe our current reality all too well.
Massive changes are needed, and most of us can see that.
But who will lead these changes? The same people who got us into this mess promise to fix it, and if we don't do anything, their plan will be imposed upon us without our consent.
It's time for us to take charge. We need to make decisions for ourselves, not rely on politicians who only serve their own interests and big business.
They've lost our trust, and it's up to us to save ourselves and our communities.
Practice some quiet quitting by quietly and calmly rejecting consumerism and taking back your life.
That's a great place to start, and one that will get us on the spot we need to be to continue our fight to free ourselves.
"Only the vigilant can maintain their liberties, and only those who are constantly and intelligently on the spot can hope to govern themselves effectively by democratic procedures.A society, most of whose members spend a great part of their time, not on the spot, not here and now and in their calculable future, but somewhere else, in the irrelevant other worlds of sport and soap opera, of mythology and metaphysical fantasy, will find it hard to resist the encroachments of those would manipulate and control it.”
Orwell and Huxley were so prescient. Thank you for sharing their words with us. I think simple living allows us to be more "on the spot" than most. Peace, Erin
ReplyDeleteIt is dangerous to be dependent on a sick system, as many are finding out with deadly results.
Delete- Gregg
I read both books when I was young. Thinking: this won't happen, we are warned. Now I find myself in the middle of it. I do see people who are making the right choices, but the masses seem to have the life motto: I want the best for myself. Not realizing they are being led and controlled by those who pull the ropes and have no interest whatsover to make this world a better place.
ReplyDeleteSee my reply above. Simple living helps us to be less dependent on those who would control us for fun and profit.
Delete- Gregg