Bill Gates said "So, if we lie to our government, it’s a felony. But if they lie to us its politics." The government lying is very commonly shown throughout the novel 1984 written by George Orwell and it also happens quite commonly in our world today. After reading 1984 it really made me think about ho the government uses its power to control us, what we do and what we believe. As a result I have decided to focus my enquiry on the idea of are our democratic governments right and justified in their use of power to control our societies. In particular I have decided to focus my inquiry around three key question, How does control like that in 1984 manifest within modern societies?, What are the effects of control on modern societies, and the
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I knew that government do have to use it power to control our society slightly otherwise its citizens would be somewhat out of control. I also knew that the media can be bias when showing certain areas of the government and the people within it.
How does control like that in 1984 manifest within modern societies?
Government control has been going on within our world for years. They control what we see what we hear and they can even control us. http://www.globalresearch.ca/truth-propaganda-and-media-manipulation/23868 lists a number of different ways the government controls the world around us and our actions, some of them being through the media with the use of propaganda and also by withholding the truth about what's really happening behind closed doors and with certain things …show more content…
https://mises.org/library/decivilizing-effects-government tells us just a few of the effects of control on society and the effects of specific situations the government uses its power to put us in on individuals, one example of these situations is poverty. I think that in licensing laws, zoning regulations, minimum wage laws, and many other restrictions raise the cost of being in poverty and make it a lot harder for the poor to enter the work force or to start a business and that capitalism has a huge impact on the rising poverty numbers in America. We as citizens have no choice or input about capitalism we just have to let it be. I believe that the government in New Zealand contributes to the amount of poverty ridden people by focusing on miniscule things like changing the flag. https://fee.org/articles/scratching-by-how-government-creates-poverty-as-we-know-it/ says that with the government being in control of how much tax we pay, how much minimum wage is and even our medical expenses can add to the reasons why people are stuck in poverty. Another effect that I believe government control creates is crime. I think that by the government placing so many rules around what we can and cannot do people will soon begin to rebel like what happened in 1984 with Winston and Julia. All of the sources from my
I knew that government do have to use it power to control our society slightly otherwise its citizens would be somewhat out of control. I also knew that the media can be bias when showing certain areas of the government and the people within it.
How does control like that in 1984 manifest within modern societies?
Government control has been going on within our world for years. They control what we see what we hear and they can even control us. http://www.globalresearch.ca/truth-propaganda-and-media-manipulation/23868 lists a number of different ways the government controls the world around us and our actions, some of them being through the media with the use of propaganda and also by withholding the truth about what's really happening behind closed doors and with certain things …show more content…
https://mises.org/library/decivilizing-effects-government tells us just a few of the effects of control on society and the effects of specific situations the government uses its power to put us in on individuals, one example of these situations is poverty. I think that in licensing laws, zoning regulations, minimum wage laws, and many other restrictions raise the cost of being in poverty and make it a lot harder for the poor to enter the work force or to start a business and that capitalism has a huge impact on the rising poverty numbers in America. We as citizens have no choice or input about capitalism we just have to let it be. I believe that the government in New Zealand contributes to the amount of poverty ridden people by focusing on miniscule things like changing the flag. https://fee.org/articles/scratching-by-how-government-creates-poverty-as-we-know-it/ says that with the government being in control of how much tax we pay, how much minimum wage is and even our medical expenses can add to the reasons why people are stuck in poverty. Another effect that I believe government control creates is crime. I think that by the government placing so many rules around what we can and cannot do people will soon begin to rebel like what happened in 1984 with Winston and Julia. All of the sources from my