This Perfect Day...

Soon a new day will dawn. A day will come when strong words and ideas will be outlawed. Soon all will speak alike, and think alike, and even look alike. There will be a time when the powers that be will pour out their grace upon us, and we will be vaccinated for all kinds of illness, we will be protected from rabid speech, sheltered from revolutionary ideas. All cultures will be accepted, so that none will carry precedent over another. Religion will be abolished, having been the cause of so much pain and grief throughout history. All citizens will be moderately educated, in order to become productive. The working-class will be spared the burden of higher education, as there will be no need. Occupations will be determined by aptitude tests, and the responsibility of choice will be lifted from the shoulders of the weak and the poor. Only those with the best genes will be granted permission to produce offspring, saving all from the burden of over-population, releasing all but few from the burden of parenthood. The world will be beautiful, and at peace...

Recommended Reading: 1984, by Gearge Orwell, and This Perfect Day, by Ira Levin