Totalitarianism In The Book 1984 By George Orwell
Totalitarianism as explained by Merriam Webster dictionary is a political centralized system ran by an autocratic authority in which its citizens are subject to total and absolute state of authority. The system has no recognition of limits to its authority to regulate every aspect of citizen’s public and personal life (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2015).
After reading the book 1984 written by George Orwell, I truly believe that it is definitely possible for a government to control the minds of its citizens if the government is well organized, manipulative and powerful. A totalitarian government may gain total control in the areas of its citizen’s Physical, Physiological, communication, and even technological through the control of media …show more content…
Another important way of controlling people’s minds as explained in the book is language and communication control. With the loss of language or verbalizing thoughts people would simply stop expressing their discontentment to the point that they would not even be able to disobey government orders or even engage in any debates as citizens would lack the ability to think on their own or elaborate powerful …show more content…
They already tap into our phones, they know where we are, they only give out certain information they want us to know about. The media only gives us certain information but it is never a full covered story it is usually what they have been permitted to release in the air for the audience. To some extend the information about politics for example is controlled. They give us enough information that is permitted by the government. It is never what we really want to know, we vote for politicians based on the information we are
After reading the book 1984 written by George Orwell, I truly believe that it is definitely possible for a government to control the minds of its citizens if the government is well organized, manipulative and powerful. A totalitarian government may gain total control in the areas of its citizen’s Physical, Physiological, communication, and even technological through the control of media …show more content…
Another important way of controlling people’s minds as explained in the book is language and communication control. With the loss of language or verbalizing thoughts people would simply stop expressing their discontentment to the point that they would not even be able to disobey government orders or even engage in any debates as citizens would lack the ability to think on their own or elaborate powerful …show more content…
They already tap into our phones, they know where we are, they only give out certain information they want us to know about. The media only gives us certain information but it is never a full covered story it is usually what they have been permitted to release in the air for the audience. To some extend the information about politics for example is controlled. They give us enough information that is permitted by the government. It is never what we really want to know, we vote for politicians based on the information we are