1984 is obviously influenced by brace new world
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PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think Brave New World is a better depiction of where we are at.
x0chi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Orwell lived through the fucking holocaust and couldn’t call a future of eugenics. Embarrassing.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We read both of those during the same year of school and then compared and discussed. To be honest, there’s elements of both that describe our times.
tempest@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Orwell - "the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
Huxley - “the perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would be basically a prison without walls, in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would essential be a system of slavery where, through consumption of entertainment, the slaves will live their servitude”
I would agree
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Exactly like the PRC and Russia. WTF AmeriKa.