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The fact is that we are shockingly close to the world of 1984. Two minutes hate, newspeak, and our smartphones are telescreens on steroids. Orwell was frighte
by _mlbt 2y ago
The fact is that we are shockingly close to the world of 1984. Two minutes hate, newspeak, and our smartphones are telescreens on steroids. Orwell was frighteningly prophetic.
- jenadine 2y agoOrwell wasn't prophetic but was a reflection of the world as it already was is 1948. That's what I learnt at school.
- seanw444 2y agoThen the message is even more dire: the world has always been a dystopia. And even 70+ years later, with more (and better) education, higher standards of living, and a wealth of dystopias to read and learn from, nothing has changed.
- lukan 2y agoTo add some details, he worked for the BBC during wartime - that was the inspiration for the job in the truth ministry of the main character in 1984. Basically inventing the truth.