are we all ready IN 1984?
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I read somewhere that Orwell's original title was '1948'. The book was published shortly before that, but the publisher requested he change the name. That moved the book from current events, to science fiction. Clearly, he was speaking about real events of his time.
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did 4/20 remind you of this? lol\n\ni dunno though. maybe the year 2020? i mean i doubt anything will happen, as i doubted y2k would happen, but people might make a big deal about it so everyone will go buy stuff again like they did for y2k.
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I got February 11, 1985.\n\nIf we're thinking of the same guy, which I hope we are, lol.
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Not yet.  We will be once our demands outstrip our resources.  Then it will be like the Dark Ages in Europe when many will die from pestilence and war.  After that, there will be more resources available per person than there has been in a long time.  There will be what can only be considered a new Renaissance.
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Are you ready to ROCK?
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sometime in the 1980s
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Repubs win = Welcome to 1984, ladies and gentlemen.
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Considered a classic, written well enough before 1984,  it was thought to be prophetic in it's day.\n\nIt used to be that no one was considered "educated" who didn't have opinions about this book! (Especially as that year was approaching.)\n\nOrwell gave new meaning to the term "Big Brother," and the term "Orwellian" is used even today to categorize methods of population and thought control used by today's education systems and governments that are similar to those  described in this book.\n\nAdvance warning ~1984~ has some  'scenes' that in those days were a bit risque for parochial school, as well as some violence.\n\nOverall, I consider it a 'must read.'  The report I was required to make for it in  h.s. literature earned the same grade for me in a college class with only a few modifications - so save your notes.
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September 25, 1980.\n\nCheck out this link:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.I.
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Good question. Thank you. I could think of a hundred things, but let me just share a little. In my hope I see a time when we, meaning the great collective "we" of humanity, would no longer find a need to be afraid of one another any more. A world without the fear of the Other, but instead, a recognition that we are all related, all a single family. We would do what all families do, only on a global scale. We would care for those who were old or sick or in need. And we would be busy working to help one another grow. We would reach out into the Universe around us while we protected and nurtured this fragile island home, Earth.
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If all goes well, as early as 2030.
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Basically. It's already here with social security numbers and license numbers. Also the Uk is 1984.
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We most certainly ARE.  Watch the BBC documentary on Google video "The Century of Self."  It explores the work of Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, and clearly demonstrates that we are, out of necessity, brainwashed.  Were we not, we would succumb to our latent "libidinal forces" and be a lot less likely to support the power elite.
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I wasn't gonna answer this question, but the more I thought about it, I figured I may as well.  I think the 80s were.  Well.. no... maybe the 60s.  AW HELL I don't like this question.  I say the 60s for breaking down the racial wall.  (Not that they were fun times, at all, but the strength of those fighting was amazing and did wonders for society today).  But in the 80s we realized that we are a united country that can fight for hunger and sickness. Remember when AIDS came out?? Suddenly musicians took a stand to do more with their money than spend it on parachute pants and cases of hairspray. It was a time when the nation came together with Hands Across America and Live Aid, etc etc etc.  Kids in my school started focusing on world news, instead of highschool ball scores. We had presidents shot at, a Beatle was murdered, space shuttles exploded, Russia toke their finger off the button, gays and lesbians were coming out all over the place and fighting for their equallity.  Microwaves became a household product. Didn't viagra hit the market in the late 80s? lol  It was a year of eye opening things. Maybe not a technological boom, as much as a psychological boom.  Shrinks were less shunned upon. Divorces were no longer taboo. Massive hurricanes hit the coast, and I personally saw neighborhoods becoming one family- taking care of each other like none before.  Limits were being put on music and euthanasia issues hit the scene when a girl named Teri Shaivo was in coma, and her parents wanted to keep her alive, while her husband wanted to pull the plug.  Walls fell in Germany. The 80s really influenced the way I saw the world.  It seemed almost like the decade pulled many countries closer together so our people and their people could hug. I'm not sure what happened in the 90s, and I'm not so sure the 2000-2010 decade will be much better.
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With us humans upon it? Soon
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It is too soon, the things that are happening don't happen overnight.  The changes that are taking place will happen more slowly, but I would say that within 5 years you will see some drastic changes in the US.\nWhen they approved abortion in the 70's I don't think that they ever thought that the USA alone would ever abort 50 million babies, nor that they would have late term abortions.   You see that from the 70's to now didn't happen overnight.. \n\nThe Gay parades (answering your question)  Have you ever seen unedited film of them??  It is illegal to show on TV.  I saw unedited film of tha San Francisco gay parade one year.  People were completely naked, not all and not the majority, but people were on floats and grabbing their blank and showing it to the crowd.  I say how can they do this in public??  But the police were there and did nothing.. Our society would never have allowed this before, but now??  It has all happened slowly, so wait a while, you will live to see hell on earth as God lets man do what he wants to do.  Not to attack you personally, but you (and others) have showed your approval of these things in your questions and answers.  You will also see what the results are of what you have approved.  I don't think that you will like it, but who knows.    Not to attack, but put this in perspective.  Give it a little time 5 years more or less.. that will be 2011, but the science guy says 2012 is a major problem..  Maybe it will self destruct.
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talk about our new world order\nand what is the changed that happened to our life the last 50 years till now