V for Vendetta is a dangerously accurate representation of what is happening in the world today.

V for Vendetta is a dangerously accurate representation of what is happening in the world today. The film was written and adapted by the Wachowskis, the same duo that wrote the Matrix trilogy.

The film is about a totalitarian dictatorship that gained its power by creating and releasing a virus into the population, who out of fear, exchanged their freedom for the promise of ‘safety’.

Fear and panic is instilled into the masses through a centrally controlled propaganda machine that brainwashes them into believing a scripted mainstream narrative, used to further an agenda of Fascist authoritarian control. 

The film paints a picture of a dystopian reality that bears resemblance to George Orwell’s 1984 and is propagated through surveillance, censorship and suppression of thought. Order followers (police and military) do the bidding of their authoritarian masters, whilst the public are encouraged to police each other in the name of ‘public protection’.

The film touches upon the following topics, all of which are prominent in the world today, especially in light of cv-19:

Fascism/Totalitarianism

Authoritarian Dictatorship 

Man-made virus 

Eugenics 

Media propaganda

Televising programming

Control through fear

Order followers (police and military)

Enforcing control by the state

Government corruption 

Anarchy/Revolution/Rebellion

Anti-government sentiment

Surveillance/Big Brother

Curfews/Quarantines 

Thought-police

People policing each other 

Censorship

Biometrics

Intelligence gathering 

Here is some dialogue from the film, which captures the overall message, without giving too much away. Pay close attention to the words:

‘’Imagine a virus - the most terrifying virus you can, and then imagine that you and you alone have the cure. But if your ultimate goal is power, how best to use such a weapon?

(...)

The true goal of the project is power, complete and total hegemonic domination.

(…)

Several hundred die within the first few weeks. Until at last the true goal comes into view. Before the crisis, no one would have predicted the outcome of the elections. No one. But after the election, lo and behold, a miracle. Some believed that it was the work of God himself, but it was a pharmaceutical company controlled by certain party members made them all obscenely rich. But the true genius of the plan was the fear.

(…)

Fear became the ultimate tool of this government.’’

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''I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. 

(…)

There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. 

And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. 

How did this happen? Who's to blame?  Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. 

I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor….He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.'’