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One of the “Big Six” leaders in the American Civil Rights Movement, as well as being U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district, and Senior Chief Deputy Whip since 1991.
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U.S. Representative for Georgia’s second congressional district.
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Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. is the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 4th congressional district, serving since 2007.
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Mohammed Kasim Reed is the 59th Mayor of Atlanta
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Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls Rush – 2112: I. Overture, II. The Temples of Syrinx, Ill. Discovery, IV. Presentation, V. Oracle: The Dream, VI. Soliloquy, VII. Grand Finale
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They preside over a theocratic state in which the object of worship is technology. In turn, technology is a tool of domination for the priests who monopolize it.
The computers are a (failed) attempt to plan society by just being “smart enough”
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By saying, “All the gifts of life are held within our walls”, it strongly suggests the complete dominion the Priests have over this world. Only the Priests deem what is worthy of being called a “gift of life”, and all these so-called gifts, whatever they are, have been labeled and consecrated by these Priests.
The line also suggests something else: that only the things within the Priests' comfort zone are considered “gifts”. The “gifts of life” can only go as far as the Temple of Syrinx’s walls. Anything not “held within [the Temple’s] walls” – in other words, the Priests' considerations of what is sacred or worthy – are figuratively outside of the Temple’s walls (in other words, not worthy of being formally hallowed by the Priests).
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Not literally technology. Computers are a metaphor for robotic behavior, formulaic equality, and loss of common sense. Thinking and emotions are shunned.