Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave. — Blade Runner

There’s a cliché that says “When the government fears the people, there is liberty, but when the people fear government, there is tyranny.”  It seems to be especially true in the last decade or so.  We should be able to live our lives and not worry about what agents of the state will think of us and what we do, so long as we cause no harm to others.  Instead, if we make waves or criticize those who have placed themselves above us, we run the risk of investigation and repression.

Girlie Bear is reading “1984” for school right now.  I hope that she recognizes the parallels in today’s society.