In the dictator days during and before the world wars, many people and citizens have lived in complete fear, total surveillance, and a loss of individualism. Most bloggers are saying that we could never live or experience such a world like that but when more than half of the population is poor and helpless, they look for a hope of change. That is how the dictators came to rule in each of their countries. Same goes for the world in 1984, after their revolution, I believe that the population looked for a new savior and government, thus giving power to Big Brother and adjusting to the way they ruled. I believe that if a situation ever happened similar to theirs, the citizens would easily give over their individualism for a hope, with or without knowing.
In conclusion, I believe that yes, we are vastly different but when it comes to a time of change, we will adjust and adapt to a new change, whether we like it or not. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
You have to realize that human kind has took a while to change and adapt. It took a long period of time for that to take place. So are we looking for the change in the future or in our time?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Austin. I think that it is very possible for our country to become like the world in "1984." Some people find it hard to believe because America has come so far and we love our independence, but I do think that desperate times call for desperate measures. None of us can know for sure what's going to happen in the future. For all we know the world could shift out of place tomorrow and we could become too far or too close to the sun to keep sustaining human life. Also just because America is the way it is now doesn't mean that it will stay the same forever. In fifty years time America could be in a better place than it is now or a worse place, there really is no telling.
ReplyDeleteMany of the governmental similarities between 1984 and previous dictator ships are apparent, even the totalitarian surveillance state is still apparent in the world today. I believe that yes, many people are willing to exchange their individualism and civil freedoms up for the glimmer of hope a new leader/ reformed government offers.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way. As we have learned in previous studies, totalitarian governments have existed because of the fact that when times are bad because get desperate and will conform to anything for what they think will bring a positive change. Unfortunately that is usually not the case because the government controlling your life completely is just not the proper way to run a country or society. People need their privacy. As for our society turning into one like 1984, I believe it's very possible especially with the way our technology is advancing and how we go about it.
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