A well known totalitarian novel, George Orwell’s 1984, depicts the realities of totalitarian governance.
Bust of Aristotle
The totalitarian novel is a relatively new genre. The word “totalitarian” did not exist before the twentieth century. The older term for the worst possible form of government is “tyranny “—a word Aristotle defined as the rule of one person, or a small group of people, in their interest and according to their will. Totalitarianism was unknown to Aristotle because it is a form of government that only became possible after modern science and technology.
The old world “science” comes from the Latin word meaning “to know.” The new term “technology” comes from a Greek word meaning “to make.” The transition from traditional to modern science suggests that we are not so much seeking to know when we study nature as seeking to make things—and ultimately remake nature itself.
That spirit of transforming nature—including human nature—much emboldens both human beings and governments. Imbued with that spirit and employing modern science tools, totalitarianism is a form of government that reaches farther than tyranny and attempts to control things’ totality.
If that sounds far fetched, look at China today: there are cameras everywhere watching the people, and everything they do on the internet is monitored. Algorithms are run, and experiments are underway to assign each individual a social score. If you don’t act or think in the politically correct way, things happen to you—you lose the ability to travel, for instance, or you lose your job. It’s a very comprehensive system.
And by the way, you can also look at how big tech companies here in the U.S. are tracking people’s movements and activities to the extent that they are often to know in advance what people want to be doing. Even more alarming, these companies are increasingly able and willing to use the information they compile to manipulate people’s thoughts and decisions.
Patriots, we are headed for disaster under Joe Biden and his Marxist handlers. We must resist this revisionist idea of our constitutional republic by all means necessary.
God save the republic.
God bless America.
Tommy Coleman is a retired SC public school teacher.
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