10 nations in eastern Europe and Mediterranean join bloc. Europe stood proudly reunited yesterday almost six decades after it was split in two by the Cold War, as 10 nations in eastern Europe and the Mediterranean took their places in the European Union. The once-communist states of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia officially joined the EU family. Mediterranean islands Cyprus and Malta joined them as well, rounding out what is indisputably the world’s biggest single economic bloc, and a fledgling political force, with a total population of 455 million, the EU now surpasses the United States as the world's biggest economy.
In Revelation 17:1-6 The angel said to John come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
The Totalitarian State will be realized when the nations of this world come together as one body, having an omnipresent government presence where individual rights are routinely ignored.
1. Government Surveillance
In a Totalitarian State "You're Under Constant Surveillance!"
With our National Security Agency involved in wiretapping, maintaining a call database, and engaged in data-mining, we can foresee that Big Brother is no longer a fictional character. Each of us has a hand-held "computer/smart phone" we carry with us most everywhere we go, which we almost never turn off. We're monitored, in various ways, in our homes, cubicles at work, cafeterias, and also in public and private. Security cameras are everywhere!
2. Perpetual War
In a Totalitarian State, the Party embraces a policy of continual military skirmishes so as to eat up any economic surplus and keep people poor and under control. Today we can see governments having a similar course of action, moving seamlessly from one military conflict to another.
3. Bread and Circuses
In a Totalitarian State, the vast majority of the population are almost not even worthy of surveillance. So long as the Totalitarian State gives them a regular dose of food, alcohol, drugs, television, the lottery and pornography, they are considered to be under control.
In a Totalitarian State the government exercises rigid and repressive control over the social, economic and political life of the population. There is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive. In a Totalitarian State, rights are non existent and laws are selectively enforced. The inhabitants of a Totalitarian State experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force, which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state.
5. Newspeak
In a Totalitarian State language can be (mis)used to deceive and control the masses. In the real world today, political correctness and euphemism are both pervasive and pervasively derided. Some current examples are: "regime change" overthrow, "shock and awe" massive bombing, "revenue enhancement" tax increase, and "downsize" fire employees. If the Newspeak of today makes us wince, how much more will it when we're living in a Totalitarian State?