Reality Control
“All the world’s a stage.”
– William Shakespeare
The phenomena referred to by George Orwell as reality control, which I will also refer to it as, is defined in layman’s terms as order out of chaos. It can be defined in detail as a chain of events which start with a problem, then causes a reaction, and a solution is found by an outside party. The theory is that the elites of the globalized world such as bankers, government officials, corporate business people, etc. have a goal or see an opportunity to profit from something that under normal circumstances would not be attainable. By creating a social problem or feeding the fire of a problem that already exists the people will inevitably have a reaction as their livelihood, and sometimes life itself, are on the line. The reaction is often a protest, a revolt, or a revolution but sometimes the people do nothing and continue to suffer. Those who created the problem or fed the fire may offer or forcibly enact their solutions which will of course provide them with the outcome that they set up and their goal will therefore be attainable. Often times these problems will be created in a way that Naomi Klein describes in her book The Shock Doctrine.
A good example of the problem – reaction – solution chain is the post-apartheid events. This was a time when massive amounts of people were in a horrible state of poverty during an election campaign in which the people were promised that food, clean water, and housing would be available to all if a particular candidate were to win. After the people had put their faith, their lives, and the lives of future generations in the hands of these new government representatives all of these things were privatized. Food was not readily available, water was not free, and thousands of people were removed from their homes.
Problem: Poverty during a critical election period.
Reaction: Vote for the candidate that promises to provide what the people need.
Imposed Solution: Candidate is selected under false pretenses.
End Result: The things that the people were promised became privatized, were then inaccessible to the people, and brought a profit to those who privatized it.