“The point is I would gladly step in front of traffic for you…”
“…and the last thing, I would ever do…is lie to you.”
Hey, remember when I opined about which was worse, fascism or anarchism? I do.
“Cue the Sun.”
Well, this is “gentle, benign, loving” fascism. Sweeter than Landru and as adaptable as any other brave new world.
People in general are selfish, self-centered a$$holes. So don’t give me that lunacy about people “being able to govern themselves”.
But, given the controls necessary to protect decent people from scumbags (that would be agreed upon by anyone except a lunatic)…the former is just so much worse than the latter; so much more inhuman, more wrong.
Orwell overestimated people. Most of us don’t need fear to keep us in line, just enough personal comfort to pretend everything else is ok.
It’s only a matter of time before something approaching ‘Brave’ is available, and most people say “yes, please!” to carefully monitored, administered, benign and loving control.
Check out a great horror film.
Updated: The Truman Show