Fear Factory

"War is peace

Freedom is slavery

Ignorance is strength"

George Orwell-1984

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Some guy on the news told me I should expect

a "terror attack" to happen anytime soon now.

I was surprised by involuntary spasms of fear,

as if splashed with buckets of ice cold water.

I thought to myself, this is how they do it,

it was beginning to sound like they had it all

planned out like some kind of perverse TV show.

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country...Hermann Goering.

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so...Unknown.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever...George Orwell.