Documentary Argues George Orwell's Greatest Fears Are Materializing
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A documentary examines how George Orwell's dystopian warnings are becoming reality, sparking discussion on the implications of government surveillance and control.
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Too bad so few people any more have really experienced the full 1994 cover-to-cover as adults, there just doesn't seem to be the same realization how important privacy can be :\
For nation states the lure of increased surveillance over its citizens is like the lure of advertising dollars for social networks: hard to resist. It's like crack cocaine for them: they will always have justifications for increased powers of surveillance and control, it's like an inevitable creep towards Big Brother.
'If you've got nothing to hide you don't need to worry'. I think most people feel this way, but really this is a lame and lazy attitude. It's easier to carry on regardless than acknowledge the dangers of immense authoritarian control.
George Orwell had an epiphany many years ago and could see where we were heading. His warning to us in his book 1984 is more relevant today than it ever has been.