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I would actually say that Huxley not Orwel was right.
by ThomPete 10y ago
I would actually say that Huxley not Orwel was right.
- sevenless 10y agoThey were both right. We're amusing ourselves to death in a conformist, panopticon society where we can't say things that are true.
- hx87 10y ago> we can't say things that are true Such as...?
- happyslobro 10y ago"It's a trap!" -- Admiral Ackbar
- sevenless 10y ago[flagged] And that's just one example!
- elgabogringo 10y agolol. Flagging things online is the best way to erase thought crimes.
- josho 10y agoRecall Afghanistan/Iraq invasions when American patriotism was questioned if you challenged the merits of the war. Remember when the afghan freedom fighters were on our side (Cold War era fighting Russians), but became terrorists when they fought our armies. Perhaps not the best examples, but two that came first to mind.
- hx87 10y agoJust because the prevailing opinion sways a certain way doesn't mean it's impossible to say something different.
- elgabogringo 10y agoupvote and +1 for use of "panopticon" in a sentence.
- elgabogringo 10y agoI thought so too when I first read them both, which was about 25 years ago. Now? I feel like it's a mix. The USA and Western Europe lean more to Huxleys world where reliance on soma, libertine indulgences and disintegration of the family unit to take the edge off of reality and consolidate control of the state. Meanwhile Russia, China, and the Middle East lean more towards the war-happy, heavy handed states of Orwell's vision. This makes sense if you think about it. Huxley was much more forward looking. In fact, I viewed Orwell's 1984 as more of a intermediary state that would eventually give birth to Huxley's. Given that the US/Europe are more developed, we should have more Brave New World traits than Russia/China/ME.
- dudul 10y agohttps://postimg.org/image/ue0pdq56r/ https://postimg.org/image/ue0pdq56r/