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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Surrender.

Cooperate.

Submit.

Obey.

Do not question authority.

Work [hard] 8 hours.

Play 8 hours.

Sleep 8 hours.

Stay asleep.

Conform.

Consume.

Marry and reproduce.

Doubt humanity.

Watch television.

Honor apathy.

Reward indifference.

Money is your god.

No independent thought.

No imagination.

No ideas.

They live. We sleep.

Sidenote: researching for this comment brought up a lot of right-wing conspiracy stuff. I'm still laughing at a bunch of nationalist, anti-civil-rights people trying to co-opt the philosophy from "They Live"