Society is so selfish, content that apathy, complacency has overtaken us, blinded us to the fact that we are in the process of entering a period of bondage brought on by a statist tyranny
In addition to being a political junkie, and advocate for the original intent of the United States Constitution, I am a science fiction fan. Among the reasons for me being a science fiction fan is that in SciFi, especially when it comes to the biggest writers of that genre, the opportunity exists to apply various political concepts to a myriad of unknown societies. Often, the political leanings of the author corrupts the reactions the characters have to those political systems, but often a nugget of truth emerges that even the writer may not expect.
George Orwell, for example, was a socialist. His writings about what could be construed as socialist (and even communist) societies in his books (particularly concerning "1984" and "Animal Farm") come across as horrific potential realities regarding the leftist/statist ideology. His books, when you would think he should have been coddling the concept of a socialist system considering his political leanings, serve more as stark warnings regarding the dangers of a government-dominated kind of world.
