Madame:
Hard to believe, but the
year just passed was 30 years after the year George Orwell set his famous novel in.
I am quite under the
weather, but my concern about this topic is undiminished.
Don’t expect Britain,
Orwell’s country, to be the vigilants:
From the land of Finland
comes this warning (and TED talk):
And who has been
successfully prosecuted for the monstrous intrusions into private lives along with
the manipulation? What entire country
has been up in arms over Watergate Exponential?
No one. And none.
In fact, the only ones persecuted, prosecuted, jailed, or made fugitives
have been—the whistleblowers.
Pullitzer Prize winning New
York Times journalist James Risen has been one of those persecuted through both
the Bush and Obama administrations. His latest book, “Pay Any Price: Greed,
Power, and Endless War,” is worth picking up as well. While he does not believe we are yet in the
1984 mold, he believes we have traveled far down that road.
What would Huxley and
Orwell think of us?
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