the very concept of individuality is being beaten out of us. the act of defending yourself is just another form of creating your own identity and in the totalitarian world of socialist reforms personal identity is not allowed. we are being taught to require approval from a recognized authority for even our most basic of daily functions. the state wants to take care of you, the state exists for your welfare, the state will tell you when it is safe because the state controls the very air you breathe. orwell was only a few decades off with his vision of humanity as a vast ocean of conformity, controlled by the powerful few.

we were warned. as our liberties were eroded by nonsensical regulations, we knew it was just the edge of that slippery slope. when government first started prying into our private lives we should have slammed the door in its face, instead we allowed the fear that they manufactured to overpower our love of freedom. so few of the prohibitions were questioned because they only affected some minuscule portion of the population. so few of the requirements were questioned because we allowed ourselves to be convinced that it was in our own best interests. even now, most are willing to simply go along with the will of their masters because they have been convinced that the alternative is chaos. now that those prohibitions and requirements are more far reaching, we are used to being told what to do and eventually i suppose we'll even get to like it.

to that i have only one thing to say, "not fuckin' likely!"