I was involved in a political fight here in Cali last year. We were fighting a very controversial law and our group had set up a private facebook page to trade thoughts and share research. Immediately after the signing of "net neutrality" many of the websites we would share with each other as sources of useful info literally started disappearing from the internet. I thought I was imagining it when, one day, I made the comment that they can't eliminate two very large websites (nationally-recognized organizations). Within 24 hours of me saying that, both sites were heavily edited to eliminate the information we were referencing. That was an enlightening experience... I knew we weren't "in Kansas" anymore.

Well said.

I have concluded that nothing is safe now from government powers. They will control what they want and take what they want. The only safety is in hiding in plain sight and keeping below the government radar. The more money they get from us, the tighter their reign becomes. I resent giving government a penny. I stopped getting soda at the local CircleK because they raised the price 10c and thats another penny Las Vegas gets to run my life.

As long as they can text, the current generation has no need to waste time thinking. Being ruled is beyond their comprehension, it is all about to what they are "entitled".
Rand's "Anthem" describes a world much like "1984" does, yet hits on the everyday, like the loss of "I", incandescent bulbs, and books. It is so simple and it is happening, almost done.

I have it and haven't made time to read it yet. My list is long but it sounds like I need to move this one forward. Going to finish DK Halling's "Trails of Injustice" first. It is a great book too.

Thanks for the mention in such loft company. The 2084 year was a deliberate reference.

it won't take that long at all. Things are already being edited by automated process across the internet. it is a real time censorship. I could give hours of lecture on the how's, what's and why's. I work in infosecurity in the advertising realm. The manipulation of the masses using "Big Data" is in full swing. industry is just now getting the reigns on what they have been collecting and databasing for 30 years in a near real time capability. Unstructured queries across meta-data equals near perfect predictive analysis today. When the government knows the outcome of decisions by way of accurate models fed by our little "smart" phones and social media, they can easily create the propaganda needed to head things off before its a problem. Here is an example: Further up the thread I brought up Mitch McConell's war powers bill. That is a step towards further war in the middle east for sure. Because we are losing our appetite for conflicts, the main stream media has been hammering home the "Muslim gang rape" stories in Europe like crazy, imho, to whip up anti-muslim sentiment among the population here. I say that because, the MSM is fairly liberal in their bias, and the liberals tend to want to defend Muslims under the guise of cultural subjectivity, so why now is the media whipping up a fervor?

You bet. He's watching...

And, you're right about the GOP. They've fully camped in the dark side now.