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Totalitarian State is all About Big Brother.

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In his book 1984, George Orwell writes about a society that is totalitarian in nature, and is a book that largely discusses Big Brother, one of the primary ‘‘characters.’’

The term ‘’character’’ in reference to George Orwell’s Big Brother is used loosely, as readers and analysts still cannot agree on whether or not Big Brother was an idea perpetuated by the totalitarian regime, or an actual person.

When you think about Big Brother in terms of being an idea, Big Brother is the watchful eye of the government on its people.

In 1984 Big Brother ruled the state, and ruled The Party, the government in question.

In the twenty-first century, Big Brother is the eye that watches our every move and is perpetuated by our governing powers.

In George Orwell’s society, police would use helicopters to go from rooftop to rooftop that would enable them to snoop into the windows of the residents of Oceania.

However, though these police patrols struck fear in the hearts of Oceania citizens, it was the Thought Police that truly terrified Oceanians.

The Thought Police would use telescreens installed in the homes of the Oceania residents.

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Big Brother is the Tought Police

These telescreens would transmit to the homes of Oceania residents policies that were governmental (and tyrannical) in nature.

Following this pictures and sounds from inside the houses of Oceania residents would be transmitted BACK to the governmental authorities in Oceania.

In Oceania, the residents weren’t even really dignified with names. They were referred to as Comrade, as opposed to conventional ‘’Mrs.’’ Or ‘‘Mr.’’

Thought control taught these residents to hate their enemies, and neighbors were used to spy on each other through the Thought Police.

The Thought Police ruled Oceania. Alarms would sound when the telescreens told The Party that people weren’t doing what they were supposed to be doing in the privacy of their own homes.

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Thought Control in America. Is this where We are Headed?

Walter Cronkite was asked to write a Preface to 1984, and in doing so, could not help but divulge his thoughts about Big Brother.

”power, how it is acquired and maintained, how those who seek it or seek to keep it tend to sacrifice anything and everything in its name.. ”

. Walter Cronkite, p. 2 1984

This thought opens the door for introspection on 1984.

We can guess that the true function of control is to have power, and for the Thought Police and The Party (as well as any government that may resemble as much), this power is strictly about power OVER the people.

It should not surprise us that there may exist some politicians that want to control us given the evolutionary nature of government.

As government evolves, so does the intensity of control. In fact, it is not only about Big Brother intensifying control.

It is about the government doing so in such a manner that we become to depend on them for care and welfare, in the same manner that many companies force us to become dependent on their products.

Back in the day, it wasn’t called control. It was called the New Deal by President Franklin Roosevelt and the people ate up this dependency on the government.

This very dependency parallels the dependency in 1984. What is next then in the evolution of American politics? Telescreens in our living rooms?

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