Knowledge is power

They used to say knowledge is power. Oh the lies we tell our children. Do people teach hope out a belief that there is still a reason to do so? Or is it a plot to laugh later when our dreams become nightmares and the only thing pushing us through day after day is some lie we were sold as children.

I think of 1984 on a regular basis. It should have been mandatory reading. Yet this knowledge posessed for over 100 years, this cautionary tale, hasn‘t helped prevent it’s fiction from becoming a reality.

They say writers predict the future, maybe some of them should have written a future less grim. Maybe this is why we teach our children to believe if we work hard and learn a lot, we’ll have a bright future.

But as we age we learn this is not true. The giant orange cheezedoole flaps on all over our news channels, sitting in the seat of highest power, with no knowledge.

Eve‘s true sin was not disobedience. It was a desire for knowledge. What she learned was that the more truth you aquire, the more you understand that the world is terrible and you are powerless.