Obama’s 1984 Checklist

As an author of dystopian futures, I find it difficult to come up with scary plots involving tyrannical liberty-crushing laws and edicts before the federal government actually enacts them. It almost seems like the state has a checklist from the dystopian classic 1984 and is doing its best to turn our world into Winston Smith’s.

Obama’s 1984 Checklist By Matthew Grivich

Two minutes hate … complete … Republicans vs Democrats and Republics vs Democrats

Big brother is watching … complete … internet and telephone universal tapping

Eternal war … complete

Children committed to and dependent on state rather than parents … in process

One party state … in process. Most of the things on this list are practiced by both Democrats and Republicans.

Enemies of the state disappear … begun, kill lists for foreigners, habeas corpus suspended for citizens

There is no truth, only what the state wishes to be true … begun, some deny the existence of truth and many accept whatever their party tells them even if it directly contradicts what their party said last week.

Disordered sexuality pushed by the state … begun, but it looks very different than in 1984 as big brother represses the unitive nature of sexuality while our government represses the procreative.

Language as mind control … attempted but not particularly successful, consider “job-creators”, “pro-choice”

Eradication of history … to do

Technological decay … to do