Reply #52: We DO live in the country of 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World Order..

[Octafish]

... which Babs Barker coined way back when, 92?

You're right on regarding authority, chlamor. This post and that one you had with the great Capitalism poster from early in the 20th century.

From what I understand, anyone who opposes the little turd from Crawford can be labeled an enemy combatant, a terrorist, an un-citizen and exiled to some squalid hell hole without trial, ruling, attorney or one phone call.

You're also spot about the world we live in. It wasn't supposed to be like this. And it's not just the absence of flying cars...

I heard Ray Bradbury say the SF writer's job was to prevent the future from happening. By putting the possible dystopian scenarios into words, that would keep the world from becoming that (flawed) vision. It's like when Plato talked about the Ideal: The real world is never the ideal world. It can't be. Well, when Bradbury said it, I don't think he believed enough evil men would band together to hijack the U.S. Government -- and buy enough scientists and theologians to teach them how -- the very thoughts that make up the best future -- The Truth and Belief.

We need to get them back, pronto. I want my kids and everybody's kids to live in a better world than this one.

Regarding what we can do about it: Psycho Bush! DU's got your number! Our weapon is the truth.