I couldn’t watch it on Nov 5th, as usual…
It’s amazing how this movie gets even more actual every time I watch it:
Fourteen years earlier, Sutler, Secretary of Defence at the time, launched a secret project at Larkhill, which resulted in the creation of the St. Mary's Virus. Peter Creedy, the current leader of the Norsefire Party, suggested releasing the virus onto Britain, albeit through water route to avoid a pandemic. Targeting St. Mary's School, a tube station and a water treatment plant, the virus killed more than 100,000 people and was blamed on a terrorist organisation. Norsefire used the fear and chaos to elevate Sutler to the office of High Chancellor, win an overwhelming majority in Parliament, and profit off the cure for the virus.
Familiar, innit?
People get too caught up in the politics of the film. Conservatism can be taken to that extreme we see in the movie and IS abhorrent and un-American. That is what would happen if extreme right wing took it to its logical conclusion. That's always been my issue with Christian Conservatives is they will support Unconstitutional legislation if it aligns with their personal values. Like gay marriage for example. Well firstly, marriage should have nothing to do with government. It is a religious tradition between a man, a woman and God. If gay people want to call it marriage, that is between them and God as well. It is not now nor EVER will it be mine or anyone's place to tell them what they are and are not. Point being, Conservatism CAN be taken to an evil tyrannical extreme just like every other ideology. In the movie, the ideologies are interchangeable.
Which brings me to my point: Life and Liberty comes first. Always. God does not command us to subjugate non-believers. People need to choose for themselves. That is the most sacred and fundamental core value of this country. They right, to choose freely.