Ok, well, there's not NO problems, but we sure have a lot less than we once did...war isn't all around us, biggotry still exists, but most of us are working on it...I see a bright future for us, if we can keep our heads going and not let our brain cells turn to mush in our comfy world.
I don't think the majority of people are airhead ditzes that drool over the next little sliver of information about Brangelina's new baby; however, the majority of people who are willing and able to let advertisements on television work their magic on their heads ARE airheaded ditzes. Simply stated: the majority of people either don't watch TV or don't pay much attention to it if they do watch it.
But television and its viewers are not the only forces that can take over our brain for us. I doubt this will happen, if I'm right about the majority of people not watching TV, but I think books like 1984 and all them resonate with people so much long after the Cold War's end b/c so many people, although hopefully not the majority, are willing to let the gov't take away their freedom. The gov't hasn't yet taken away any basic freedoms, but if they did, what would we do? How would we do it, if we could do anything?...
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