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| Subject: They promised to destroy Big Brother. They became him Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:46 pm | |
| Super Bowl XVIII is remembered not for the game (Raiders 38, Redskins 9) but for an ad: Apple's 1984 ad. In one minute, Apple said personal computers would set us free.
As Maury Povich would say, that was a lie.
In 1984, Ronald Reagan was president. America was a shining city on the hill which inspired others.
The Soviet Union was a giant beside us about to fall. The number of nations with Western-style democracies was growing. Red China was still called Red China. It was a pariah except in American universities.
Last week, Biden said, "We have fewer democracies in the world today than we did 15 years ago. Fewer. Not more — fewer. Cannot be sustained."
He was right except for the last three words. History shows that tyranny can be sustained, and that tyrannical regimes are the default setting for government in this world.
The ad itself was very compelling as it contrasted a black-and-white dystopian world with a color photo of a voluptuous woman running with a sledgehammer but no bra. Sex sells. A man could have done it. Director Ridley Scott ("Blade Runner," "Gladiator," and "Alien") made a minute-long masterpiece.
Let's take a look.
.https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2021/10/they-promised-to-destroy-big-brother.html
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