The Party claimed, of course, to have liberated the proles from bondage. . . .
In reality very little was known about the proles. It was not necessary to know much. So long as they continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern. They were born, they grew up in the gutters, they went to work at twelve, they passed through a brief blossoming period of beauty and sexual desire, they married at twenty, they were middle-aged at thirty, they died, for the most part, at sixty. Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
—George Orwell, 1984
In reality very little was known about the proles. It was not necessary to know much. So long as they continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern. They were born, they grew up in the gutters, they went to work at twelve, they passed through a brief blossoming period of beauty and sexual desire, they married at twenty, they were middle-aged at thirty, they died, for the most part, at sixty. Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
—George Orwell, 1984
Michel
Foucault (1926-1984) believed that you are on the first step to freedom
and resistance if you are aware of the power structures that underpin
forms of social control in society. He stated that society has
developed a way for you to police yourself by the moral, physical and
psychological views imposed, that you are unaware of. This fear of
being watched (panopticion) keeps you in line with the law and
societies expectations of you.
Zombified
Zombified
A "zombie" is an undead corpse. According to those of the Voodoo religion, a person can be pronounced dead by a doctor but then clinically revived by a voodoo sorcerer. The doctor would have no idea that the patient was actually in a state of near-death due to a potion which had entered the blood stream, and would just assume they had died. Later, after the person had been buried, the sorcerer would come along, dig up the body and revive them with another special potion. This toxin "Tetrodotoxin" comes from the puffer fish. This causes the person to be alive, walking and mobile but not actually have any free will of their own. There are many reported cases of this in Africa and Haiti.
Brainwashing
Brainwashing...."consists of any systematic effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person against his will." (Wikipedia definition)
The thought occurred to me today (date exactly- insignificant) I thought... Hold on a second....we are teaching kids to act a certain way, to go to school and "learn" to fit in to society. I'm not saying I disagree with children learning or being a part of society, I just think that the way children are taught to think (or not think) is wrong. But then, wrong for whom? Society wants kids to be taught that way! So we fit in, go to work, get a job, earn money, waste it all on crap, and go back to work again.
There is political brainwashing, religious and cult brainwashing, and brainwashing throughout the years in wars and propaganda, mind control, and thought reform. It all comes down to psychology and manipulation. Everything that you see or hear around you goes straight into your subconscious. The majority of this you are not even aware of, and we all know about advertisements and how companies get us to buy their crap. At the end of the day, they know that we will fall for it, and we do. Bright colours, big letters, simple statements that stay with you..."You're worth it"......."I'm loving it".......
So I suppose what I am saying is that in a way we're zombies with no real thoughts of our own! Some are more mean than others so, unless you are one of an anti-zombie minority then read on..........
What do we do if zombies attack
This is an essential question as many people in this world SUCK and want to take you down with them.
What I would suggest is IGNORE IGNORE and RUN for your life. If however, the zombie (who usually hangs in groups) persists, then you have no other option...
- You need to be prepared. Carry food and water, money and a phone with you at all times.
- Call for help as it's much better having a bit of support around
- A shot or two to the zombies head is your best bet, but not everyone carries a gun...
- A few blows with a baseball bat or something sharp should do it, just try not to get bitten.
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