The Press Corpse

The Press Corpse

“…We gotta work to make the facts fit the false charges
Pull the wool over the eyes of the filthy masses
Stab the people in the back for the corporate choice
Roll the propaganda out using The People’s Voice”

 

By reading this lyrics to a song by Anti-Flag, called The Press Corpse, it makes me think of 1984 in a way, it feels like it’s describing what Winston is going through and what’s going on at the time, how the Ministry of Truth is trying to make everyone forget things that happened in the past.

In this song the government says “We don’t want to talk about it!”, and in 1984 neither does the Ministry of Truth and they’ll do whatever they have to,  in order to hide the truth. Even if they have to erase every documentation of that.

 

Past, Present, and Future

Let’s say you’re frozen in time and you’re unfrozen in the future, but like in ”1984″, there’s a Ministry of Truth and you have all this recollection of the past, like protests and slavery and all this things that they’re trying to erase. You go to someone’s house and begin asking questions about what’s going on, then you go to the library and realize many of this things you remember aren’t a part of history, and they never were. So you go to the streets and begin talking to people and informing them about all this things that happened in the past but they don’t believe you, you tell them about how people used to protest and resist authority, how there was a democracy, about wars and fights, how people died for their country, but no matter what you say to them, you have no way to prove it. Then as you’re still tryiing to convince them, the thougth police comes in and takes you away.
This all happened because of your recollection of the past, if you were quiet, slowly figured things, and didn’t draw attention to yourself, then you wouldn’t of gotten taken away.

This Is the End

Surveillance cameras are being used in many places in the world. They’ve recently been installed in my high school and many people are now getting worried over this. I believe that it’s ok if it’s for security, but it’s not ok if they want to install them just because they feel like it or to invade our personal lives, there is a limit. They say it is to prevent fights and things like that. But I believe they’re going to take it to the next level and get on to you for the little rules you brake, like checking your phone in the hallway and stuff like that.

What’s next?

Technology is improving,  and I believe the government is planning something bigger. Microchips are being installed into humans. Some people are testing this voluntarily. Not only does this violate their privacy, but it’s also moraly wrong. Why are we letting this happen?

This has to stop.