So let's face it--earth isn't becoming a happier place to live in the next three years or so, if we listen to our leaders or any of the fringe crazies that were dissapointed enough by y2k to go find a less popular religion's reset date and claim once again, with certainty, THAT date marks the end of the world.
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the state of our economic system and the shiny new president who thinks digging a bigger hole is the only thing to do. "We need to act," even if that action is a waste of resources spent bailing out a ship that's already beneath the surface and halfway to the bottom.
We can all agree that 1984 would suck. There's no doubt about that. Victory Gin. Yup. That's pretty much all I need to say. Old razors. Enough?
Zamyatin's "We" had such an odd vibe to it. Everything made out of glass, everyone building the INTEGRAL, but instead of Big Brother looking over your shoulder, contradicting himself more than the good book, you have math. Them's the laws. I could see how that would suck for a lot of people, but I'd make it. J-707. Sign me up.
But hey--Brave New World. Ultra-low crime rate. Technology's kicking ass. Sure, there's a rigid caste system in place based off of an entirely impersonal mass infant breeding program known as Bokanovsky's Process, but is that really so bad? Rearing, Education, Job--all taken care of. Plus, 5 dozen twins! Bonus, no? Say what you want about BNW's society--the world controllers aren't bad guys, people who can't deal with the system are allowed to live on colonies outside it, recreation activites seem awesome--would Brave New World really be all that terrible?
So long as I'm being taxed, I'd rather have some soma, obstacle golf and casual sex than expenditures on mismanaged wars and mismanaged banks. Maybe at the end of the next four years, people will be sufficiently screwed enough by both parties to vote for my newly formed ticket--the Fordism Party.
