Count Amuro Brocken
By: Charz
Tags: Amuro Ray, Big government, Count Amuro Brocken, Count Brocken, Free society, Gundam, Orwell, Social Concern, True Mazinger Z
Category: Funny, Gundam, True Mazinger Z
The Orwellian language of big government turns citizens into subjects. It lulls us into cheerfully accepting ever-increasing taxes while encouraging our dependence on an entrenched and growing bureaucracy overseen by career politicians. Unlike our ancestors who wanted to be left alone, we can imagine nothing worse than not having access to the benevolent hand of the managerial state:
Unlike the Communist garrison-state or the Italian fascist ‘total state,’ the managerial state succeeds by denying that it exercises power . . . . Managerial rule has consistently presented itself as collectively administered assistance. Rhetorically and propagandistically, it has been the helpmate of individuals set adrift in the industrial world, and administrators have claimed to enjoy ‘democratic’ support because they have updated liberalism and infused it with social concern.
It may be naïve to hope that our leaders will say what they mean and mean what they say.
Yet it is vitally important for citizens in a free society to think critically about what they hear and read from politicians, pundits, and the press. As Orwell wrote, “the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
The Orwellian Language of Big Government, NTU, Mark Schmidt, Jun 22, 2004
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