Nightmares

I don't know exactly where it came from, but I had a rough night and definite images from FEED were involved. Was anyone else completely creeped out by that novel?

I know it was set way in the future (the space travel thing is still such a pipe dream and budgets don't play in its favor), but SO MUCH OF IT SEEMED SO POSSIBLE OR WORSE YET, PROBABLE. I was speaking with one of my brothers about it, he's Mr. Tech in our family and he saw many corollarys to the internet, banner advertizing, the sponsorship of stadiums and areans, people allowing their cars to be used as advertisements, etc.
The longer we spoke, the more examples we could come up with.

I was also bothered by the whole "sheep" aspect of the way they thought(or should I say didn't), dressed and spoke aloud. Two years ago, when we toured out beyond the Appalachians, I remember feeling a little creeped out by the lack of diversity amongst midwesterners. I know that's a gross generalization, but seriously, there seems to be one opinion on most topics out there and A LOT of corporate vs. governmental or hey, individual leadership. When I think about my discussion with my brother and back to that trip, I wonder how far we really are from the scenario put forward in the novel.

What really bothers me most is not that the characters were necessarily ignorant (although not the sharpest tools in the shed so to speak), but their general willingness to just ACCEPT things. I am teaching my kids to question everything they hear and read, to be able to defend their positions with real information and thoughtful purpose -- will they be part of a dying breed, like Violet. What happens after a while, do you just give in to the overwhelming power of advertisement and become a totally self absorbed person? It's that handing over of power issue again.

Did anyone see Minority Report?? My husband said it was similar in message, have to NETFLIX soon.