`The controling government of the `Big Brother` and the U.S.`

- The controlling government of the Big Brother ' and the U .S

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12 December , 2007

Introduction

When a government institution spins command over its political and social system , it definitely has a variety of aims and special interests while many of its citizens turn their blind eyes on . More often then not , the citizenry may have been overcome with the belief that an allowance of free national elections and other civil liberties afforded to them is the essence of democracy . True democracy however permeates every aspect of the society ' where

individual freedom affects the habit and attitudes of people (Peters , 1996 : xv . When a system of governance however works to organize society as a way of life pathologically made possible through excessive taxation , the definition of democracy is impeded . Orwell 's 1984 ' examined to procure a definition of a harrowing London , as its chief city and a province of Oceania ' is a society with a central theme on the power of the government to sanction force for a singular pattern of thought over every citizen (Orwell , 1990 : 3 While Orwell 's futuristic novel is rooted in an imagery of Fascist Europe , it comes to mind how the probability of modern day American government 's persistent endorsement of so-called democracy works in several ways detrimental to the common good of the populace Investigating the government 's behaviour and societal response in Orwell 's futuristic society endorses opinions of our present government in for the system to derive lessons in good governance

Big Brother in Oceania

The American government once endorsed the pop culture as a social phenomenon that saw business industries merging to support it return Entertainment became a center of daily lives and consumption became a figure of life ' for an economically driven society . A consumer culture after the World War II prevailed and America saw a dramatic world of clothing , cosmetics , food and luxurious lifestyles . After seeing its success , excessive taxation was soon sanctioned as the government relayed how American freedom is being threatened by different forces . In the guise of securing justice , improving infrastructure and economy , imposing heavy tax measures worked purportedly to enhance the social capital for the common good of communities and its citizenry . In a stage set for a government filled with a variety of actors playing myriad roles under a central theme lodged on power and control , the society end up powerless . Orwell 's Big Brother and the Inner Party pursued the society 's deliberate drowning of consciousness ' where people are forced to share a general delirium (Orwell , 1990 :16-17 of acceptance . In many ways , the behaviour was well tolerated in the consciousness of people who looked up to Big Brother ' like the young women who were bigoted adherents of the party (Orwell , 10 mesmerized by the power of his voice wrecking the structure of civilization (p .15 . With slogans scattered about London that support the big Brother ' ideology , everything is in fact controlled by the government whose guise of restoring confidence ' with...