2084: Mars, A New World

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2084: Mars, A New World
Author: Robert A. Kaiser
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Author Website: www.robertkaiser.com
ISBN: 1438949332
Publisher: AuthorHouse

Although mankind has established colonies on the moon and the planet Mars, society is still coping with what appears to be the eternal struggle for freedom.

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Chapter One

Prologue

It has been 60 years since George Orwell published his novel titled “1984”1 which paints a most disturbing picture of the evolution of the government 39 years after World War II. He describes a system that is severely totalitarian in nature that relentlessly monitors its citizens and shamelessly spreads lies and propaganda to further its cause.
Many of the concepts described in Orwell’s society are still used today when describing extreme governments, such as “Big Brother is Watching You”, “Newspeak”, “Doublethink”, “Thought Police”, and the continual state of war or the threat of invasion by an enemy, producing strong patriotic feelings and loyalty to the ruling class.

It is therefore ironic that many of these practices, which were believed to be monstrous exaggerations at the time, are being implemented by contemporary societies in one way or another without any significant opposition from the people, and in fact are hailed as essential to a “secure and progressive” way of life.

Typical examples of “Big Brother Watching You” include the constant surveillance we are subjected to not only as we drive to work or go to the bank; but in department stores, the local grocery store, our hospitals and doctor’s offices, virtually all public places, and during the use of our personal computers. No matter where you go, you can be sure that someone is watching you.

It is also becoming common practice by modern journalists and historians to re-invent world history to shape it to satisfy their own political purposes. This is truly an example of “Newspeak”.

Big Brother is here