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They control you whether you know it or not
You may be in a totalitarian government and not even know it like in the story of Harrison Bergeron or be very aware of it like in North Korea, but in both worlds the government control detail in their lives whether they are aware of it or not. In Harrison Bergeron their government tells them that everyone must be equal no matter who you are but in reality not everyone is equal because their government nor their army has to pay the price for equality unlike the gifted citizens of North America who must carry weights and have ear pieces to stop them from being above average and thinking for themself. While in North Korea you are told you must worship the very ground that Kim Jong Un walks upon but the citizens are so brainwashed that they don’t even see a problem with the government controlling every aspect in their everyday lives. “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” (Vonnegut) The Handicapper General shot and killed Harrison and the ballerina because they were protesting against their government by being different and showing their talents, if someone protest against the government in North Korea they would be either killed or sent to the work camps for trying to defy the orders of Kim Jong Un. Harrison Bergeron and North Korea are a like in so many ways but different in so many more, both may be under a totalitarian government rule but only one of them are completely aware of it.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., “Harrison Bergeron,” Welcome to the Monkey House. New York City, Dell Publishing: 1968
You may be in a totalitarian government and not even know it like in the story of Harrison Bergeron or be very aware of it like in North Korea, but in both worlds the government control detail in their lives whether they are aware of it or not. In Harrison Bergeron their government tells them that everyone must be equal no matter who you are but in reality not everyone is equal because their government nor their army has to pay the price for equality unlike the gifted citizens of North America who must carry weights and have ear pieces to stop them from being above average and thinking for themself. While in North Korea you are told you must worship the very ground that Kim Jong Un walks upon but the citizens are so brainwashed that they don’t even see a problem with the government controlling every aspect in their everyday lives. “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” (Vonnegut) The Handicapper General shot and killed Harrison and the ballerina because they were protesting against their government by being different and showing their talents, if someone protest against the government in North Korea they would be either killed or sent to the work camps for trying to defy the orders of Kim Jong Un. Harrison Bergeron and North Korea are a like in so many ways but different in so many more, both may be under a totalitarian government rule but only one of them are completely aware of it.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., “Harrison Bergeron,” Welcome to the Monkey House. New York City, Dell Publishing: 1968