Big Brother, government getting more and more involved in private lives, "politically correct"
2006-07-28 10:35:34 · 14 answers · asked by demon_god 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Yes, It was inevitable.
At least we got some good years in there, didn't we?
Every other nation has gone through that already.
Look at London and select parts of Europe with cameras (IR) placed in strategic places.
Oh Well
2006-07-28 10:40:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably. But we lag behind other "Free" countries like Great Britain which has had tons of cameras recording everything for years.
I guess that in this day and age it's unavoidable, but it does make one long for the relative freedom of the 50's-60's cold war. A person can't even do something silly or wild without it winding up on the internet these days
2006-07-28 17:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by slipstreamer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It absolutely, the government monitors phone calls, internet activity, credit card purchases... There are security cameras every where you look... Political correctness is just the politically correct word for censorship.
2006-07-28 17:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by RATM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Completely, George Orwell was just a little premature...it should have been 2004 instead of 1984. Plus the control of the media has come true, "Eurasia are the enemy"...wait "Eurasia have become our allies"...oh wait "Eurasia has attacked us again". That part sounds a little too familiar!
2006-07-28 17:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by Carol R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. It's not just the government that's snooping on citizens and putting policy before people. Corporations have been amassing huge amounts of data on consumers and are inundating us with marketing "double speak" all the time.
Many of our institutions seem very concerned with controlling what we think about and how we think about it. It looks like someone forgot that social institutions are supposed to help people, not harrass them.
2006-07-28 17:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sandsquish 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so, but I've been to Europe, and there are cameras everywhere. So Big Brother lives there, not so in the U.S.A.
2006-07-30 15:56:45 · answer #6 · answered by ocorangepeel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
Isn't it great. Imagine the difference the computer has made in tracking everyones movements. Right now HLS knows you are on line.
Go big Red Go
2006-07-28 17:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by 43 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, yes. What is worse is that many Americans buy into it for the sake of "national security."
2006-07-28 17:40:42 · answer #8 · answered by DIRT MCGIRT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DONT SCARE ME!!!! that book creeps me out! what if we really do suffer like Winston?!
2006-07-28 17:40:53 · answer #9 · answered by amanda rose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We still have Yahoo.
2006-07-28 17:38:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋