1984.

I have just realized that 1984 was the year that Pluto entered its own sign of Scorpio.

Pluto and Scorpio represent: power, force, violence, intimidation, bullying, hate, and evil.

All the things represented in George Orwell's classic novel.

And since 1984 all of these things have dominated world culture.

Even NewSpeak, Black/White, and the Ministry of Truth have become political realities.  Along with the ever present CCTV cameras.  And control of the media.

It is not the Left, however, which is using these techniques but the Right-Wing politicians and plutocrats.

Fortunately Pluto only remained in Scorpio for about 10 years.

But we are still dealing with the fallout from 1984.

Basically we are dealing with brainwashing techniques using fear and violence.

Ronald Reagan (who was President of the United States in 1984) said that Christianity contained "unconventional weapons".

By that he meant such things as demonization of your political opponent and damnation of anyone who disagrees with you.

He used all these techniques in his war against the Left.

And it worked.

We love Big Brother. 


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