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anamethatisnt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Now that we’re adding more dystopian books to the thread I’d like to shout out to Kallocain (1940) by Karin Boye. It’s more of a totalitarian state similar to 1984 but has an aspect of truth drugs, a hot topic back then, and thought criminalization.

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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

Kallocain

However, unlike Brave New World in which a drug is used to suppress the urge to nonconformity generally, a drug in Kallocain is used to detect individual acts and thoughts of rebellion.

Interesting, shades of Severance. The severing of parts of their life achieves a similar result of preventing (instead of detecting) individual acts and thoughts of rebellion.

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