The removal of the people’s free will was a simple affair in its undertaking. We did it through tap water and TV.
There is a lot to be said for stealth. And for careful drug development: in this case, one that could be put into the water system; one that would work orally and not be boiled out was the initial plan- later changed to one that could enter through the skin because everyone washes but not everyone consumes tap water; and finally, one that would work for days from one dose and one that could not be overdosed on, that was the hardest part for our scientists. But they got there.
This was coupled soon after its introduction by instructional programming based first around hygiene, the need to wash one’s hands. Then we simply nudged people toward what we desired and away from insurrection into decisions that would aid us. Individually tailored broadcasts to guide people into the holes prepared for them.
Before long we had the nation where we desired, where we had been striving to place them for years. A nation of workers under instruction: a nation who would bleed for the machine while never even thinking to question why. A nation of dummies.
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I can remember a time when I had desires and thoughts of a certain kind. I no longer know what kind. I only know that there was such a time, that those thoughts are beyond me now and that I do not care.
There is a lot to be said for stealth. And for careful drug development: in this case, one that could be put into the water system; one that would work orally and not be boiled out was the initial plan- later changed to one that could enter through the skin because everyone washes but not everyone consumes tap water; and finally, one that would work for days from one dose and one that could not be overdosed on, that was the hardest part for our scientists. But they got there.
This was coupled soon after its introduction by instructional programming based first around hygiene, the need to wash one’s hands. Then we simply nudged people toward what we desired and away from insurrection into decisions that would aid us. Individually tailored broadcasts to guide people into the holes prepared for them.
Before long we had the nation where we desired, where we had been striving to place them for years. A nation of workers under instruction: a nation who would bleed for the machine while never even thinking to question why. A nation of dummies.
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I can remember a time when I had desires and thoughts of a certain kind. I no longer know what kind. I only know that there was such a time, that those thoughts are beyond me now and that I do not care.
