Government Censorship in Today and Tomorrow’s Society
“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.” -Heinrich Heine. Today, governments push their citizens to believe they have a voice when what they want to say is so hidden. This is truly a concern as so many individuals worldwide have no say when decisions are made for them. Currently, governments around the world take away their citizens voices, just as dystopian novels have been predicting for many years in the past. Censorship has been exemplified in major works for over a century. Today’s quickly evolving, modern world applies the the censorship that the authors have been predicting for quite some time. Tomorrow’s society will be very different from the past …show more content…
Worldwide, it is becoming a more popular for people to organise and stand up for what they believe in as individuals through mass communication on social media platforms. Harsh government rule attempts to quiet these voices that bring wrongdoings into the light (Internet Founder). When individuals work together, their voice becomes one and becomes much louder. Leaders can use their to their advantage, but when it is working against them, they try to silence the voice in any way possible. Some governments can censor their citizens without the people even understanding by conditioning the citizens to censor themselves and eachother. This is prevalent in communist countries that have convinced citizens to trust and believe everything that their leaders propose is correct. Conditioning has become a major role in convincing people what ideas they should and should not think (Huxley 160). We are yet to acquire even an understanding of what censorship will be in the coming years because of how fast technology has grown. In brave new world, cloning and genetic mutation is a prevalent topic because that is the only way people are allowed to be born into this world. Possible formats of censorship in the future include government screening of to-be published literature, controlling what is broadcasted on television and the internet, and suffocating communications with other
“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.” -Heinrich Heine. Today, governments push their citizens to believe they have a voice when what they want to say is so hidden. This is truly a concern as so many individuals worldwide have no say when decisions are made for them. Currently, governments around the world take away their citizens voices, just as dystopian novels have been predicting for many years in the past. Censorship has been exemplified in major works for over a century. Today’s quickly evolving, modern world applies the the censorship that the authors have been predicting for quite some time. Tomorrow’s society will be very different from the past …show more content…
Worldwide, it is becoming a more popular for people to organise and stand up for what they believe in as individuals through mass communication on social media platforms. Harsh government rule attempts to quiet these voices that bring wrongdoings into the light (Internet Founder). When individuals work together, their voice becomes one and becomes much louder. Leaders can use their to their advantage, but when it is working against them, they try to silence the voice in any way possible. Some governments can censor their citizens without the people even understanding by conditioning the citizens to censor themselves and eachother. This is prevalent in communist countries that have convinced citizens to trust and believe everything that their leaders propose is correct. Conditioning has become a major role in convincing people what ideas they should and should not think (Huxley 160). We are yet to acquire even an understanding of what censorship will be in the coming years because of how fast technology has grown. In brave new world, cloning and genetic mutation is a prevalent topic because that is the only way people are allowed to be born into this world. Possible formats of censorship in the future include government screening of to-be published literature, controlling what is broadcasted on television and the internet, and suffocating communications with other