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21st century as the gradual subversion of personal freedoms by an ever more Orwellian state is only half the story. On the other side of the coin is a traditional hierarchical power structure of religious, military, economic and secret society elites desperately trying to spread apathy, idiocy and the panopticonic effect of "Big Brother" (whether real or illusionary) to maintain social tranquility and, more overtly, social order. For those who haven't figured it out yet, this is the real purpose of the so called "War on Terror."

THE GOLDEN AGE OF PHILOSOPHY - Knowledge will Save Us from Information

Option 1 - Accept the notion of an all powerful government. Persist in an apathetic state while allowing the top elements of the hierarchical social structure to gain significant legal and technological superiority over the general public. "Dork out" on Myspace, play golf, fly the flag prominently and keep your mouth shut when your "crazy uncle" gets driven away in a black sedan. Orwell never imagined the implications of RF id, mass produced mosquito sized robotic surveillance planes or a sky full of satellite. The all seeing eye of the Illuminati may become less of a metaphor in our lifetimes...

Option 2 - Get the Anarchists Cookbook and start cooking! Bake up some roadside bombs. Download the latest movie and email it to all your friends. Toss a bucket of nails out the window of your car during rush hour. Launch some wires into an electrical transformer station. Join a gang, cult, club or terror group and do it in unison across the state. From puncturing the tires of a parked Hum-V to sticking gum on a bus seat to blowing up the courthouse, any act of civil disobedience, be it violent, political, moral or insane will further tax an overburdened "Big Brother" to the point of utter exhaustion. The resources will not be available to create the "all seeing eye", because they will be too busy cleaning gum off bus seats. All fun and games as long as you are willing to commit to ever increasing levels of chaos and rumors of "Judgment Day".

Option 3 - Take a step back and think about it. While there may always be a duality of order at the expense of freedom and freedom at the expense of chaos, the impact of the Information Age could be adapted to dissolve rather than amplify social anxiety by one simple shift in approach, desiring knowledge rather than power.

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