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Freedom is slavery. War is peace. Ignorance is Strength.
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- Thread starter Friendly Engineer
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don’t forget the ps.
“And all animals are equal, some are just more equal than others”
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Animal farm is a good one, but I still think 1984 is better.
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1984 is a momentous work. Yet Orwell got it wrong. Brave New World hits much closer to the mark. To quote Neil Postman:
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.
i always thought the romance was written a bit weirdly
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As the Russians used to joke - "В СССР секса нет!" (There's no sex in the Soviet Union!)
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I remember a visual comedy I saw about having car sex in winter in Russia. Both are heavily dressed and by time undressed for sex too tired and cold so has to dress again so no sex in Russia.As the Russians used to joke - "В СССР секса нет!" (There's no sex in the Soviet Union!)