The GOP Loves Big Brother

Today an old Supertramp album, “Brother Where You Bound”, made its way on to my turntable. The title song opens with the following spoken quotation from George Orwell’s 1984: “All persons whom we bring to this place are washed clean Winston. The execution of their sentences is relatively unimportant. By the time we have finished with them there is nothing left of them but sorrow for what they have done and love for Big Brother. It is touching to see how they love Big Brother.”

Upon hearing this my thoughts immediately turned to Professor Paul Leidig, Chairman of the Ottawa County (Michigan) Republican Party, and the new leadership of the Grand Valley State University College Republicans. Anyone who wishes to know why the quote led to such a strong connection in my mind can find out by looking at previous posts in this space by myself (here and here), David Beito (here and here), and Charles Nuckolls (here).