Posted on 10/04/2023 9:00:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If you have not yet read the book 1984 by George Orwell, you absolutely must.
I loathed that novel when I read it as a teen, because I hated the entire idea of an authoritarian government controlling its people so deftly. The dystopian world it described was just so depressing, so wrong, from the first page to the last. And yet, here we are, almost 75 years after Orwell first penned the book, and we see how that hellish science fiction novel is now playing out before us.
Even the left-leaning Wikipedia describes the book as a “cautionary tale” whose theme centers on “the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society.” Modeled on the authoritarian states of Stalin’s Soviet Union and of Nazi Germany, the book takes a deep dive into the role of truth within a society, and the ways in which truth and facts can be manipulated by government to control the population.
What you saw and heard with your own eyes and your own ears, the government denied and demanded you cast it aside and not believe it.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Through the Ministry of Truth, the government (referred to in the book as “Big Brother” or “the Party”) engages in endless propaganda, intense surveillance, and the open and obvious negating of historical fact. Individual thought, and questioning of authority led to immediate persecution. Why deny facts and rewrite history? Well, as Orwell says in the book,
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Now let’s fast-forward to the present day. I will begin with this profound statement that keeps churning over in my head:
They must really think we are stupid!
The “they” is our government (federal and state). The “we” is you and me, and the other 300+ million Americans across our country.
Alas, here we are, entering the final quarter of 2023, and we have the United States government, and many state governments (including New York’s former Governor Andrew Cuomo, current left-wing Governor Kathy Hochul, and the super-majority Dem legislature) proclaiming for all to hear that they did not force anyone to do anything detrimental these past 3.5 years. UNBELIEVABLE! Did you hear this? They are actually saying with straight faces that they didn’t force you to wear a mask, or lock down and shutter your businesses, or choose between taking an experimental drug or losing your job… Nope! They did none of that. And you – well, you are flat out crazy if you think they did. You are lying. You are exaggerating and totally overreacting.
Unfortunately for Big Brother, ooops, I mean unfortunately for our 100 percent reliable, never-lies-to-us government, we have actual documents (including lawsuits), news stories, social media posts, and videos of the government at all levels mandating and forcing us to do all of those things, and more. Here’s just one example of Biden himself, the “Big Guy,” mandating the C19 shot:
Biden is not alone. No, no. His entire administration is right there with him. His head of OSHA, Douglas Parker, is also now lying through his teeth about the OSHA mandate that REQUIRED (not suggested) that all employers in the entire nation with 100 or more employees force their employees to get the C19 shot, otherwise they had to wear a mask and test constantly for C19. (That OSHA mandate was struck down by SCOTUS last year because it was unconstitutional, by the way). Then there’s the head of HHS, Xavier Becerra, saying there was never a mask mandate. What?! Another blatant lie.
Please take the 2 minutes to watch this Congressman Kevin Kiley clip. You truly won’t believe your ears with the bullsh#* these Biden agency heads are spewing! As Congressman Kiley says in the video, the government is trying to tell us that “2 + 2 doesn’t equal 4.” You don’t get much more Orwellian than that!
The Biden Administration is rewriting the history of COVID. Today, the head of OSHA claimed "we didn't demand that anyone be fired" despite issuing a worker vaccine mandate for 84 million Americans that was struck down by the Supreme Court.
Previously, HHS Secretary Becerra claimed "we didn't force anyone to do anything" despite imposing a toddler mask mandate and Education Secretary Cardona baldly denied his past support for student vaccine mandates.pic.twitter.com/Pi3O8oUgtt — Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) September 27, 2023
Why are they backtracking now?
Easy answers: 1) they didn’t have the authority to do any of it (all of it was unconstitutional) so they can’t justify and defend it now, and 2) if they can convince you they didn’t do it before, then you won’t mind as much when they do it again.
This should make your blood boil. It’s particularly infuriating to those of us who were speaking out from basically day one trying to tell people that the lockdowns, the masking, the shots, the limited number of people at your wedding or at your Thanksgiving table were all violations of the Constitution and our basic human rights! My colleague, Jeffrey Tucker, who is the founder and President of Brownstone Institute, where I am a Fellow, wrote an article the other day on this topic. At the end of it, he concluded:
The major media is tacitly conspiring with the political establishment, the corporate sector, and the administrative state to pretend like that fiasco was completely normal and also entirely forgettable, not even worth naming. We did the best we could with the information we had so just stop complaining about it!
This is not going to work. It is too close to living memory for this level of gaslighting to be effective. The more these official institutions engage in this crazy form of denialism, the more they discredit themselves.
Bobbie Anne, a 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an attorney with 25 years experience in the private sector, who continues to practice law but also lectures in her field of expertise - government over-reach and improper regulation and assessments.
Full-on Communism. Never admit you were wrong. Never admit you made a mistake. The State press will obey.
These jacka$$es will never relinquish power peacefully.
I had a Sunday subscription to The New York Times from 2016-2019. I like to read. They would go on and on about how relevant 1984 was with Trump in power. I knew the truth: It’s not relevant with Trump but it is with so many other politicians. Virtually all the Democrats and the Bush New World Order Republicans.
It does indeed make my blood boil. Especially for those that, because of mandates, were fired from their jobs for not getting the vaccine. 😡🤬😡🤬
We often reference the title or quote bits and pieces. The real impact comes from experiencing it in its entirety.
It’s not trite to say that the “Left” has truly embraced it as an instruction manual and model for society. We’re watching and experiencing it unfold in real time.
It is never too late for Nuremberg 2.0.
That is what they fear.
Bus drivers were another group with mandatory jabs—a significant number just handed over the keys and gave their city employer the middle finger.
This is egregious. These people MUST be punished. It has to happen.
Democrats lie about everything.
I’m 65 and I have never in my life seen the level of bigotry than what was directed at those who refused the vaccine or refused to mask up.
I know what you mean. It was within my own family. My brother and I haven’t been allowed at the family Christmas party since 2019. We couldn’t get in to hospice to see our dying mother in 2022. But I refuse to play Russian Roulette with a vaccine for a virus that I never thought posed me much danger.
Anyone ping our local Vax pushers?
I got fired.
😥
Can we just stop with the Nuremberg 2.0 stuff?
WE already know who the GUILTY are. Save time and money, GO STRAIGHT TO EXECUTIONS. Keep giving them the VAX until they die!!!
-PJ
That is what they fear.
Yes, although we don't need a trial. All that is required is an investigation to be sure that all of the responsible parties have been properly identified. Then those parties should be hanged forthwith.
Everyone associated with the gain-of-function work that resulted in creation of SARS-COV-2, both inside and outside the government. Everyone associated with the development of the so-called vaccines, both inside and outside the government. Everyone associated with the issuance of the EUA, both inside and outside the government. Everyone associated with the vaccine mandates, both inside and outside the government. Everyone associated with the subsequent, knowing shilling for the vaccines, both inside and outside the government.
If they knew, then they should hang. All those who knew (and those whose job it was to know), and who nevertheless collaborated, should hang. We don't need any "trial." We just need an accurate list of names, that's all.
I'm as serious as a heart attack. Like the heart attacks that the garbage COVID vaxxes are precipitating.
If we had anything vaguely resembling a real press these people would be getting called on this very publicly daily.
Of course one major reason we’re in the position we’re in now is because we don’t have a real press
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