The Hunger Games is a wildly popular new movie set in a dystopian future
where an all-powerful, high-tech centralized government rules over
"districts" of impoverished populations barely surviving in third-world
conditions. The film, based on the book of the same name by Suzanne
Collins, is important to understand because it depicts the very future that the global elite are trying to create. In fact, much of what is shown in The Hunger Games has already begun (see below).
The
film is set 74 years after a popular uprising that failed to overthrow a
corrupt, centralized federal government. As punishment for the
attempted uprising, the all-powerful government now requires each of 12
districts to "volunteer" a young girl and boy each year to participate
in the Hunger Games -- a bloodsport "breads and circuses" event that
serves as the opiate of the masses to distract society from the fact
that they are all slaves living under tyranny.
Spoiler alert: This article reveals plot elements that may spoil the movie for you if you haven't yet seen it.
The central themes of domination and control
Control over food: Residents of the 12 districts are not allowed to eat more food than they are allotted by the government. Being caught catching a squirrel for food results in severe punishment.
Control over land: The 12 districts are fenced off with high-voltage power lines, much like you might find in North Korea today. Most of the world is "conserved" as wild forest and grasslands, with humans only being allowed to populate confined regions where resources are sparse and starvation is a daily reality.
Control over the media: The government controls all media, and every broadcast is a staged theatrical event, completely fabricated by the government to serve the interests of the government itself. This, of course, is a reflection of present-day mainstream media which is completely whored out to corporate and political interests.
Control of technology: While the masses live in squalor, the techno-elite enjoy advanced hovercraft ships and live in gleaming high-tech cities. Advancements in medicine, 3D displays and weapons systems are available only to the centralized government, never to the People. Also in the film, RFID chips are used to track the game participants.
Control of DNA: Residents of the districts are identified through the taking of DNA blood samples. The government stores their DNA in a database in order to track and identify individuals. Insects are genetically engineered to serve as weapons, such as GMO wasps that cause wild hallucinations to those who are stung.
Control over life itself: The government toys with human life and seems to be amused by expressing heartless power over the masses. Their priorities are simultaneously focused on fashion, status and meaningless cuisine. In one scene, when the teenage girl (Katniss Everdeen) is trying to ask her mentor how she might survive the games, her elitists coordinator can only spout about how much she loves "chocolate truffles" and why they should all enjoy a round of desserts.
A parade of fashion, makeup and style gone wild
The
style and fashion of the elite class who live in the high-tech cities
seems to be echoed right out of a modern-day parade. People are adorned
with bright, extravagant clothing and accessories, and they're painted
up in outlandish makeup and hair color. They literally prance around
like frolicking maniacal members of royalty, and they experience great
joy from causing others to suffer.
The government-worshiping
elite class see themselves as intellectually superior to everyone else,
yet they lack any real-world skills. They also lack anything resembling
ethics, and they see nothing wrong with cheating or lying their way to
positions of ever greater power in their warped society.
Enslavement through the illusion of hope
At
the top of the government, the leader played by Donald Sutherland is a
Rockefeller-type master of deception and human emotions. As he explains
in the film, the purpose of the Hunger Games is to keep people enslaved
while giving them "a little hope, but not too much." A little hope keeps
the enslaved masses in line, but too much hope might actually make them
think they have real power.
The threat of government violence
against the enslaved masses is carried out by a class of enforcers who,
in contrast to most other dystopian films, are actually clothed in
white, not black. They are the TSA of the Hunger Games, and their job is to oppress the people, bash in a few heads, and remind the masses who's really in charge.
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