How is war a means by which government secures control over its people?

1984-related topic for my English class.





So far, these are my ideas:





1. War creates fear. We give up liberties for "safety"





2. Creates an opposition, a public enemy that channels annoyance, thought, or anger away from government





3. War provides the ruling class with unconditional support, therefore, unlimited power








Does anyone have any other ideas? And please, if anyone knows of any online sources about my topic, tell me!|||You have the rock based foundation laid to the way it works !!





Simply add to this mixture -- an element where the government turns "self-serving" and KNOWS that extraordinary powers come from having people Terrified --


as so, turns Fear into a tool -- with which they dismantle any


existing restrains ON them -- NOW, you have Absolute Power and Authority





Need more on how this is done


Contact the White House


Almost anyone there can give you an outline and explaination


That is, if you can get anyone there to Admit it !!!|||Any dissent or disagreement with government is branded "unpatriotic". The best example of this is FDR'd persecution of the America First Committee who tried to keep us out of WW2.





Anyone who looks like the enemy, or shares the same religious faith is subject to persecution. Example, Japanese-Americans during WW2, Muslims today.





Many "temporary" measure to help the war effort that become permanent.





In short, war is NEVER a good thing, although sometimes it is necessary. War is started by the criminal class - the politician. But the politicians are not the ones who die in war.|||Deception, distraction, misdirection! So the public never knows what one hand is doing while the other is picking and emptying their pockets!|||You smacked the nail on the head my friend. These are all the means by which Gov.s lock down on their citizens through war. In this, the war in Iraq a new angle is being pushed. If you do not support the war, you do not support our troops and you then cannot possibly be a patriot. This is powerfull motivation for congress members to support the war and prolong it, less they should be considered "un-patriotic". Hope this helps.


P.S George Orwell is a great author and much can be learned from 1984 enjoy.|||These all sound good, and quite defensible from stuff in 1984, as well as modern life, whether you look at home or abroad. I typed "war and control of public opinion" into Yahoo! search and came up with quite a few hits, but the first was this one, which is a series of excerpts from a book. If you use them, you should track down the actual book (public library?). Yahoo site: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Nancy_鈥?/a>