I look around and see people no longer have goals.
We are perfect consumers. And I can't help thinking that over time, we have been "gently" pushed in this direction.
No more goals, no ideas, ideology, morals or principles. Just having the latest iWhatever, fast car and sleep with plenty of women. Like a new special breed of zombies.
In the past people fought and gave their life for freedom. And now I think we are less free then before. It's just that we are persuaded otherwise. Like in ancient Rome - bread and circus.
We are perfect consumers. And I can't help thinking that over time, we have been "gently" pushed in this direction.
No more goals, no ideas, ideology, morals or principles. Just having the latest iWhatever, fast car and sleep with plenty of women. Like a new special breed of zombies.
In the past people fought and gave their life for freedom. And now I think we are less free then before. It's just that we are persuaded otherwise. Like in ancient Rome - bread and circus.
In my mind, the real remaining question is 'how?' though it is not likely a simple answer.
Another part missing from the graphic "... . Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so."
On the topic of 'freedom', here's another perennial favorite of mine:
I would add that 'we' are not really all that aware of what people were like in the past. At least not first-hand. It might be deceptively easy to paint 'zombie-ism' with to broad a brush. Or not.