Under Tyranny
The Chastity League in Orwell's 1984.
In 1948 the real commies were all about free-love, in a world where that was frowned upon. In 1984 the book, the commies were about repressed chastity, in a world where everyone was hard up. Orwell did this on purpose.
It doesn't matter to the State whether or not sex or chastity is good for the individual or for the community, it matters to the State that IT gets to make personal decisions for the individual on every intimate choice.
The same for recycling garbage, or carpooling, or volunteering at inner city middle schools, or pediatricians handing out gun safety brochures. It doesn't matter to the Machine whether or not any of those choices are effective, it only matters that they made the decision for you.
The massive invasive tax code and welfare system exist in their current form, instead of a guaranteed minimum income system, so that the State can continue to micromanage every transaction of every person in North America.
The recently published code constitutes the first comprehensive taxation in Cuba since the 1959 revolution abolished just about all taxes.
Millions of Internet users in Iran will be permanently denied access to the World Wide Web and cut off from popular social networking sites and email services, as the government has announced its plans to establish a national Intranet within five months.
There was torture, starvation, betrayals and executions, but to Shin In Geun, Camp 14 – a prison for the political enemies of North Korea – was home. Then one day came the chance to flee…
This inspiring woman was born in Hitler’s Germany and lived under communist rule for years before becoming an American citizen.
Her video explanation of what happened in Germany under communism and the parallels to our current administration and the path we are on will give you a chill.
What kind of disastrous economic policy results in the death by starvation of up to 3 million people in a nation with the population of Texas?
Officials in Longhui County, a rural area of Hunan Province, have a history of kidnapping unauthorized babies and selling them on the black market when the parents are unable to pay exorbitant fines that may amount to five times their annual income. ... Yang Libing, the father of a nine-month-old girl who was snatched from his parents' home in 2005 while he was working in another town. ... Yang's offense was failing to register his marriage, rendering any offspring illegal.
Iranian authorities are restricting all journalists working for foreign media from firsthand reporting on the streets.
The youngest son — and reportedly heir apparent — of North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong Il secretly visited China last week and was urged by President Hu Jintao to have the North halt additional nuclear tests....
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defended his "completely free" re-election as Iran's president, amid violent clashes on the streets over claims of election fraud. Mr Ahmadinejad condemned the outside world for "psychological warfare" against Iranians during the election.
...to interdict, possibly with China's help, North Korean sea and air shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology....
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, facing U.N. sanctions for last month's nuclear test, on Monday raised the stakes in its growing confrontation with Washington by sentencing two U.S. journalists to 12 years hard labor for "grave crimes."
There comes a time when despite the allure of the market, Western industry should band together and turn its back on China. A time when the computer and Internet industry realizes that the censorship-and-repression tax the government is intent on levying is too high a price to pay. Is this, at long last, that moment? Well, it's doubtful. But it should be. Starting July 1, computers sold in China must include government-provided spyware that blocks pornography and political dissent from Chinese citizens' view
Cuba has shown no desire to rejoin. Socialist states like Venezuela and Nicaragua say they want to form an association that excludes the US.
Imogen Foulkes reports on the schooling in Switzerland of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son and possible successor.
'Dear Leader' Kim Jong Il has reportedly tapped his youngest son as his successor... Whoever takes over, analysts are not optimistic about a sudden softening of North Korea's tough outlook toward South Korea — or the rest of the world....
26-year-old son _ said to be competitive, proficient in English and a heavy drinker... classmate recalled him as timid and introverted but an avid skier and basketball player who was a big fan of the NBA star Michael Jordan and action film star Jean-Claude Van Damme... eldest son, Jong Nam, 38, was considered the favorite to succeed his father until he was caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in 2001. He reportedly told Japanese officials he wanted to visit Tokyo's Disney resort. Kim considers the middle son, Jong Chol, too effeminate for the job, according to his former sushi chef....
Kim Jong Un, the 25-year old youngest son of the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il, has been formally declared as his successor... seems to confirm... after a serious illness last summer, 67-year old Kim Jong Il is preparing for his family's continued rule...
Economic hardship in the officially 'self-reliant' North has led to mass starvation, while the South has a vibrant economy able to compete with the best of the world. In 1996, the per capita GNP in the North was $920, while it was $11.270 in the South. A 1999 estimate of per capita GNPs put the South's at 13 times that of the North. More recent figures will probably show an even wider gap. Due to the different economic results on either side of the Demilitarized Zone, the ethnically quite homogenous Koreans have even begun to diversify physically, with the average North Korean male almost 7 cm shorter than his Southern counterpart (165,6 cm vs. 172,5 cm). North Korean females are on average 4 cm shorter than Southern women (154,9 cm vs. 159,1 cm). By 2025, the height difference is projected to increase to 11 cm for men, 6 cm for women. Unless the North's economic situation changes drastically, that is.
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