It is, I fear and yet it always has been. No empire has behaved any better than the tyrants described by Orwell. The evil regimes of today may have better technology but when it comes to suppression, the crucifix did just as good a job as the electrified cattle prod or the machine gun.
As a species and as a whole we are a disgusting and morally bankrupt collection of not very nice individuals.
It is, I fear and yet it always has been. No empire has behaved any better than the tyrants described by Orwell. The evil regimes of today may have better technology but when it comes to suppression, the crucifix did just as good a job as the electrified cattle prod or the machine gun.
As a species and as a whole we are a disgusting and morally bankrupt collection of not very nice individuals.
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I had a ridiculously long missive to post, but a single image can say as much and more, much more.
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