I
came across this quote as a meme on Facebook, so if it is
misattributed to Mr. Huxley, I apologize to his memory.
“By
means of ever more effective methods of mind-manipulation, the
democracies will change their nature; the quaint old forms—elections,
parliaments, Supreme Courts and all the rest—will remain.
“The
underlying substance will be a new kind of totalitarianism. All the
traditional names, all the hallowed slogans will remain exactly what
they were in the good old days. Democracy and freedom will be the
theme of every broadcast and editorial. Meanwhile the ruling
oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen,
thought-manufacturers and mind-manipulators will quietly run the show
as they see fit.”
Aldous
Huxley, or whoever said this in the way-back, turns a nicer phrase
than me, but this prediction should sound a bit familiar to dedicated
readers of this blog. Why should they change anything? Just rig the
power structure in a way more to your liking. The process by which
this is occurring started over fifty years ago, around the time that
Mr. Huxley was dying (1963). They've just about put it to bed by now.
Things are now exactly as they are described in the above quote.
Say
goodnight Gracie!
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