In light of the New World that the global progressives are trying to impose upon the world, and the success they have had through a series of manufactured threats designed to encourage people to trade individual rights for someone else's idea of a better world, I think that some of you might appreciate This Perfect Day, by Ira Levin. It's not a new book. It was first published in 1970. I had read it before, but I have a better appreciation for it today than I did at the time. The setting is a world that is managed by a central computer (Uni) that has been programmed to keep every human being on the planet in check. People living under the Unification are subject to monthly injections (treatments) to keep them satisfied and cooperative, which has been redefined as healthy. Permission from Uni is required for all but the most mundane of human activities. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, and when to reproduce. They are assigned a job, and they are expected to watch television. Everyone has a counselor who acts as mentor, confessor, and parole agent, and anyone observing another member behaving in a manner that differs from everyone else is expected to report them so that their dose can be increased, and they can thereby be made healthy. A more modern rendition of the same story, with a different storyline, was written for children by Lois Lowry, and known as The Giver. This is also a very good book. The Giver has been adapted to a movie by the same name and, while it is okay, it's nowhere near as good as the book. I highly recommend both, but This Perfect Day is the better of the two.
i thought you were going to tell us about a perfect day you had on your journey...although this is a compelling subject..... your trip experiences are so vivid
Thanks for that. I've mentioned that I've read my share of dystopian stuff, and it has somehow prepared me for what is unfolding. I don't like what's going on, and it concerns me greatly, and I'm very angry, but at the same time I'm not in fear because none of this is surprising...I've already read the book, so to speak. I added this one to my Wish List for my next purchase.
The sad thing is that there are those today who can read a dystopian novel and view it as a utopian novel. Pretty much, they're the ones with the masks.
I initially joined "the other senior forum" in order to find those of my generation who were less likely to be drinkers of the Kool Aid. What the hell happened to us? What happened to skepticism and independent thought and not just swallowing any line that was put before us? I was really really bummed at what I found. The infiltration of our institutions has been generations in the making, so I don't necessarily believe those who happen to be here for its culmination, but daggone it, the degree of submissiveness is disgusting. We've both know for a while that all you have to do is disrupt some people's "normal" for them to give away [everyone's] freedom for security, but this physical manifestation of it is a bridge too far. I guess I take back what I said about not being surprised. I was shocked when that church friend called and told me I if I only got the shot, I could play pickleball! Just the casual leap that was made from "inject this substance" in order to "play a game" was rather chilling, because it's so damned common. She may as well have been trying to lull me into sleeping by my pod. "Here. Have some warm milk. I'll read you a story."
Sounds like Glen Beck's novel, Agenda 21. (which in reality is now Agenda 30 because Trump threw a wrench in the works) You could not go to Church or family get togethers but you could go to casinos because of the pandemic ! Whenever I saw Biden out talking to the crowds he would walk up to a person and pull down his mask. Did you see Obama's birthday party? The elite don't have to obey. Oregon has cartel run marijuana factory farms worked by slaves they brought over the border. They are using our own laws against us. No entry onto the farms without reason and the workers won't rat on the owners for fear of reprisals. We want a lot of law breakers throughout our country so local law enforcement will have to ask for federal help--martial law. Good way to finally get the guns which 2nd amendment protects. Should be interesting.
I might add that to my "to buy" list- although as my income stands, it won't be anytime soon. Noticed he's the same fellow who wrote "Rosemary's Baby" and the original "Stepford Wives."