Orwell Was Right on the Money…

So flying back last week I had to fly back commercial.  I flew out of Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) Terminal B, while waiting for boarding my coworkers and I grabbed lunch.  While eating one of them said, “TMM, look up to your right.”  I looked up and I sat there in astonishment and damn near devolved into a full verbal rant on the spot.  For you see, what did my wondering eyes see?  This pile of propaganda.

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(fine print: In Madrid, smarter surveillance helped cut response times by 25%.)

And there was more than just that, around the entire terminal were these ads all relating to the same big brother type mentality.  What I find most ironic though was the company who the ads were for:

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That’s right folks, the company responsible for that propaganda campaign was none other than IBM.  Why did I find it ironic that it was from IBM, well from their historical role with Germany during World War II.

That first picture though and it’s blatant propaganda is almost down right unbelievable.  Then I remembered that I was standing in an airport with A Security Theater at the front and everyone believes that they are actually accomplishing something.  Never mind that anyone with half a brain who can actually red team the issue knows that A Security Theater ultimately doesn’t really do anything to stop terrorism in the end.  It just makes us all live as slaves.

Nothing says free like being left to cower in front of someone who wants you dead and hoping that someone will show up and save you. I have a better idea, sling lead at over 800 fps and give the criminal a reason to choose a different profession.

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About TMM

TMM is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he’s merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms. Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.

2 Responses to Orwell Was Right on the Money…

  1. Old NFO says:

    LOL, isn’t ‘that’ just special???

  2. Steve Nordquist says:

    I guess IBM wants to be on the minds of TSA Agents, because…they know how to pickle that, once fine tuning the landing on the ‘fiscal cliff’ becomes important and the agents redundant? Service animals are too expensive? Call Before You Dig fell out of fashion when fracking fluid took on a restricted substances disposal role? Oh yeah…what’s with the 800fps bit as decriminalizing? Firing 2-10 grains behind a slug does something special other than make splash and kind of constrain the weapon selection? You can say Syria’s Assad Regime and some special traders making and selling junk bonds just have little dissent over 800fps, but how does that ever get into the scope of their decisions?

    Contrawise, maybe IBM let slip that nobody who noticed an ad in that space felt good about the advertiser (Level5: Wrinklies want to know where their bodies went and the mirror no longer suits; we can help,) so it’s stuck making itself look effective. Otherwise there would be some lunch menu specials up there, eh?