<serious>
Something I just remembered.
Aldous Huxley was very pissed off because _1984_ became more
famous/important/serious/(something else) than his major
opus _Brave New World_. His argument was that any state
powerful enough to control the whole humanity would soon
invent a drug like the _Soma_ [IIRC] to make everybody happy.
He was wrong.
The problem with _1984_ is that the Inner Party became
addicted to _power for the sake of power_. They *loved*
the situation. They *loved* making the other people suffer.
AFAIK, there's nowhere in the world today where a g*v
got this addiction. People seek power for the sake of
power, but even those power-hungry tyrants like Saddam
Hussein dedicate a small thought to the future of his
family.
Just MHO, of course.
</serious and back to Tymbrimi mode>
Alberto Monteiro
