Big Brother in a Red Hat

24/06/2025 3 min

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Episode Synopsis

If you had told me the seminal book 1984 by George Orwell, I read decades ago, was a prognosticator rather than a theoretical dissertation based on historical realities, I would have laughed in your face while keeping my fingers crossed that we as a society, learned enough from experience with the totalitarian regimes of Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, and others to never slide down that vile rabbit hole again. Still, I was not overly surprised when tRump beat one of the most despised women in the country to become the 45th US president. Disappointed in the American people, but not overly surprised at their lack of compassion for the less fortunate, exacerbated by a dearth of critical thinking skills.