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Given the current pro-war propaganda all over the place combined with the creeping cost of living, I think Nineteen Eighty-Four is becoming more prescient than
by alecco 2y ago
Given the current pro-war propaganda all over the place combined with the creeping cost of living, I think Nineteen Eighty-Four is becoming more prescient than Brave New World.
- r721 2y agoThe topic of "creeping cost of living" reminded me of two other good dystopian novels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room!_Make_Room https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room!_Make_Room! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/334_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/334_(novel)
- BoingBoomTschak 2y ago1984 can't be more prescient than a book that has already become reality in most of the world that matters (culture, art, science, influence wise). If you don't see that hedonism and general moral decay has become the overwhelming norm, you're probably part of it. 1984's surveillance may be here, but the brute force is only reserved for the rare nails sticking out; if those haven't already gone crazy from surviving in the sane asylum.