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ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

It’s essentially Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia from 1984 come-to-life. I’m kinda beating this one to death, but I hate how correct George Orwell seems to have been:

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I say “I hate” it intentionally, because George Orwell is the same guy who also wrote:

There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.

So maybe not the rosiest of outlooks, if he keeps nailing it.

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