1984 4891

Perhaps it is time to read 1984 again and really look at what was said by Mr. Orwell and if you can’t see the correlation between what happens in the book to what is happening now, how do I put this lightly, if you have a position of authority and you don’t get it you should probably; retire, resign or otherwise vacate your seat. If you do see it and you think things are fine. Well I just don’t know what to say to you because I don’t think we can be friends because things are not fine. I will not spell out all the similarities and things that are going on in our version of Oceania that make me want to leave society and I would were it not for my love of coffee, sidewalks and video games. I am caught in the rat trap but at least I see the bars of the cage. The thing that should alarm every single one of you is the same thing we supported when it was going on in other places around the world. Why are our government officials, employees, agents and other persons in authority afraid of a person with a cell phone camera or video device? No one likes to have someone watching over their shoulder as they do their job but if you are doing your job correctly then why do you care if you are recorded, the only thing it will do is support your side of the story in an unbiased medium. We would certainly be very unhappy if we were monitored every minute and would complain if this were happening on our jobs. I am not saying this to defend the officials who are upset about being recorded, just as a point of empathy that they are flawed humans too. They have the same problems we all have; bills to pay and a paycheck which is just big enough but barely, relationship roller coasters, dreams unfulfilled, and the list of problems goes on. That said while on the job it is important to put aside your personal thoughts and opinions. It isn’t easy to call someone sir or ma’am when they are calling you an idiot or something or other which is less than polite. The thing that is missed is that the two sides are caught up in the web of people above them. Other people telling you that this is the way it is, people who do not have to go and do what you do. I’m not talking about your boss or supervisor. It is probably someone you haven’t even met and would not give a rat’s ass about you if you ever did meet them. Because you and even the official do not matter to them, to the person behind the scenes each person, oppressed or oppressor, are just pieces on a board. Both sides salute some version of the party line, and I am not sure which is sadder the “proles”* who are being stepped on by the boot of the official or the person wearing the boot who can not see they are just as controlled as the person they are standing on and in some cases even more than the “prole”*. The issue does not matter both sides are playing the part which they are supposed to play and what “They” are most afraid of is that the “proles”* will stop fighting over the issue of the day, and they will rally together and stand up and no longer follow along. The video camera / cell phone camera/ social media allows a platform for us “proles”* to come together but it is also being used against us to keep all the “proles”* fighting amongst themselves rather than focusing on the people holding the strings. You are a puppet to the party and so am I. Well, that’s all for now, other stuff to follow most likely Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday * Prole – the masses from Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four Thank you for reading, please subscribe, Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood. Ciao, PS 3 Gamer Tag: invisible don PO Box 4425 Roanoke VA 24015