There’s a saying which goes……. “ sleepwalking in to 1984 “….., and basically this means - society is so lethargic as a whole , it will by default , end up in the nightmarish world of 1984 , with the politicians totally controlling all aspects of your life from birth to death …………………..scary concept .
This is an interesting way of thinking , especially as I think we in the U.K. could be very susceptible to this , simply because of the very nature of the people that live here, add in the nanny state mentality , and your all set for a nice touch of totalitarianism :)
I know it’s an extreme example , but this fits perfectly I think with our mentality -
In the U.K. we don’t man the barricades with our AK47’s for what ever reason , never have done - never will do , thus its always got to be the metaphorical loaded gun with us , but unfortunately that needs people en mass to have any impact , and of course the mass lethargy restricts the power of debate , so I suppose society as a whole is its own worst enemy in this case.
With this thought in mind - I know there are certain set levels of public discontent in place , i.e. cross the line and the politicians will do something about it , stay below and nothing happens, was this put in place by default or design though ??, I tend to think this was probably installed , originally to cut out the crackpots complaining to their M.P’S about nothing , but saying that it could quiet easily be used as an indicator as to what the powers that be , can and cannot , get away with .
I’m not really in to conspiracy theories - the Martians really did really shoot JFK :) ,
