Where is Society Headed?
Since George Orwell’s “1984”, dystopian novels and movies have enjoyed a huge comeback with the success of Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games”. It seems as though everyone is writing about a future society that follows a cataclysmic event in which more than half of the world’s population is destroyed. These media thrillers are all about “Big Brother” like no one could imagine; and the hero/heroine from a backwoods district/section/town that takes up the fight against the ruling authorities, and almost always wins. This isn’t reality.
There’s a reason why these novels and films are so popular. They are highly entertaining, but more importantly, they seem to be portentous… and that excites people. Look around you; religious fanaticism is more evident, and less likely to hide its ugly head than ever before. This fanaticism is not confined to Islam; rather, it includes all the various Christian sects and Judaism, as well.
Service to country, the enrichment and improvement of the lives of their people, was the ideology. Today, politicians around the world are bought and paid for by the highest bidder whose agendas are, by and large, only in favor of a small group of the multi-rich.
The highly touted global economy has backfired, eliminating jobs in much of the Western world while creating near slave level production facilities in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. Corporate leaders fail and reap million dollar rewards while governments bail out their corporations as, “too big to fail”, in the trillions of dollars.
The world needs a revolution of extraordinary dimensions, and it needs to happen soon. Until then, novels and films will continue to occupy the minds of millions. These same millions though, are the people that would support a revolution. All they are waiting for is a leader.
There’s a reason why these novels and films are so popular. They are highly entertaining, but more importantly, they seem to be portentous… and that excites people. Look around you; religious fanaticism is more evident, and less likely to hide its ugly head than ever before. This fanaticism is not confined to Islam; rather, it includes all the various Christian sects and Judaism, as well.
Service to country, the enrichment and improvement of the lives of their people, was the ideology. Today, politicians around the world are bought and paid for by the highest bidder whose agendas are, by and large, only in favor of a small group of the multi-rich.
The highly touted global economy has backfired, eliminating jobs in much of the Western world while creating near slave level production facilities in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. Corporate leaders fail and reap million dollar rewards while governments bail out their corporations as, “too big to fail”, in the trillions of dollars.
The world needs a revolution of extraordinary dimensions, and it needs to happen soon. Until then, novels and films will continue to occupy the minds of millions. These same millions though, are the people that would support a revolution. All they are waiting for is a leader.
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