America's basic privacy rights have been rendered null within the past decade. The government is misleading their citizens so that they do not realize that they are being mistreated. Americans are being molded into ideologies that their government sees to be sanctioned without realizing it. Revolutionaries developed America and are soon to take her back. The government of the United States is manipulating their citizens by instituting more socialistic principles; by learning and revolting, a more democratic America can be resurrected. Cell phones and internet provide an accessible “hotspot” of personal date for the U.S. government. Throughout the novel 1984, George Orwell's fictitious society of Oceania is required to compromise their beliefs in order to cope with an ongoing war that never seems to have an end. “All that is needed is that a state of war should exist” to control the Party of Oceania (Orwell 192). Just as the government of Oceania uses war in order to make their citizens compromise their beliefs, The United States of America has been involved in an ongoing war widely known as the “War on Terror” for a very similar reason. The American government has, under countless accusations, admitted to using data of American citizens for personal and undefined uses. Just recently, the U.S. Government aproved the use of FBI Biometric Identification. Also known as Next Generation Identification (NGI), the FBI can now take iris scans, facial expressions, mannerisms, and fingerprints (without warrants) and create a profile for every American citizen (Ganeva 1). The government uses the same excuse of “We're just looking for terrorists” every time they are asked why they are invading privacy. Why do the American citizens just st... ... middle of paper ... ...fringed rights have justification is admonishing. What seems to be more disheartening is the fact that ignorance is being used as a means to brainwash American citizens. The most petrifying, by far, is the fact that Americans don't possess the ability to think for themselves or stand up for what they do believe in. America is a freight train running off of the tacks; Meanwhile, in that train, none of the passengers can even see out of the window. It is now time, America. It is now time to conduct the train instead of riding comfortably as a passenger. It is now time to take charge. It is now time to liberate America once again. Works Cited Ganeva, Tana. "5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database." Alternet. N.p., 8 Jan. 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2013. Orwell, George. 1984. New York: First Signet Classics, 1961. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
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