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>If you succeed in achieving your nightmare Orwellian scenario, I promise you this: I'll emigrate to an extradition-free country. It appears as if we have alre
by citizensixteen 11y ago
>If you succeed in achieving your nightmare Orwellian scenario, I promise you this: I'll emigrate to an extradition-free country.
It appears as if we have already succeeded at creating this Orwellian scenario and seems as if Huxley was correct and we are currently amusing ourselves to death. The truth is being drowned out by and infinite amounts of triviality and the masses are begging for more. This Orwellian world has no boundaries and there is no escape to some Utopian country. For better or worse this is the world we have created and we need to realize that is not a situation that will be solved by leaving the country. Crypto is going to be a Forever War. Perhaps it will be more effective if we take the long view.
Huxley vs Orwell
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- nickik 11y agoOutside of the people that are primed to be Alphas, Betas or something Huxleys world was not actually that bad. Their is no logical incapablity that people can not live in a consumer society and lose all other, including social, values. Its always temting for intellectuals to point to Huxley and rant on the evils of consumersim. They simple have different preferences then most other people and are unhappy about it, not that different from your standard christian.