Thinking For Yourself

Intellectualism versus totalitarianism is not a fresh rivalry. It has a history full of conflict, far beyond the limits of sanity. Albeit, it will not be wrong if I say that when a society is caged with the keys of freedom in the hands of an autocratic ruler, ideas do not endure, but are labeled fake.

A society that does not groom itself enough to think outside of a box, will remain in a cage, stranded in fake ideologies. In a place where everyone’s thoughts are borne from the fear of non-conformity, new thoughts are not allowed to flourish; rather the words imprinted on the page are those of the ones in power. In the world of literature, in those gardens where thoughts are not given the freedom to breathe, autumn is bound to arrive. Where intellect is for sale, knowledge, and literature are destroyed, and then dwarfs are born. Thus, there is no difference left between humans and animals. For both live and die in their respective circuses at the behest of the authority’s stick.