The primary correlation between 1984 and our country is the distribution of information by the governments. We may fool ourselves by having a constitutionally guaranteed free press and other civil liberties, but our very own Big Brother is still choosing what trickles down. Though there's no agency called the Ministry of Truth, we now have the Office of Strategic Influence whose job is the sprea

If you are interested in a topic and take the road less traveled by contacting a government office looking to have information released, you're doing the right thing. Citizens are the ones not doing their jobs-as much as we disagree with figures in the government we, for the most part, agree that they're generally doing a good job in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches. This country will collapse when the constituents care no longer. When we don't mind if we get an answer, the government's replying to legitimate questions with cryptic newspeak messages will become commonplace. A 60's radial named Stokely Carmichael very famously once said "if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem." I'm voting for the first time this week.

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