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Bastardous Bassist:
I can best sum all of that up in one of my favorite quotes (which will also be mentioned in the quotes thread, because I was just reminded of it).



--- Quote from: Gustave Gilbert ---"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
--- End quote ---

Kai:
that's pretty awesome.

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: Chesire Cat ---(Fingers?)
--- End quote ---


That bit doesn't make much sense in the film...in the book, the official police/detectives are the 'Nose', the people who watch the cameras are the 'Eye', the people who listen into phone conversations are the 'Ear', the broadcast media are the 'Voice', and, therefore, those who go out and 'feel things out' on the street and carry out the bidding of the party are 'Finger men'.

Chesire Cat:
Ok so I pretty much had their idea pegged, if not why they were called that.

jariku:
For the dissidents among you, here's a website about the anarchist ideas in V for Vendetta and how they're portrayed in the movie.

http://www.aforanarchy.com/

Nothing much content-wise yet, but hopefully there'll be regular updates now that the movie is out and about.

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