Orwell was extremely smart.
But we have not moved so much toward 1984 as we have moved toward Huxley’s Brave New World.
In Brave New World, the state does not rely on harsh Orwellian stomping on faces. Instead, it controls all the institutions of society, and people are raised to believe all is well, right, and moral. They never have a means of suspecting anything different.
We are moving much closer to Brave New World than to 1984.
Of course, the problem is that the State has to control nearly everything. Our digital technology has made that control both more difficult, and easier, if the State aggressively censors the Internet.
We are moving much closer to Brave New World than to 1984.
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I would say we are combining both.
the harshness of 1984 is in the legal system, while the social engineering is more Brave New World.
Our digital technology has made that control both more difficult, and easier, if the State aggressively censors the Internet.
“We are moving much closer to Brave New World than to 1984.”
Our poor people are the most likely to be obese, something never recorded in history. They are also the most entertained poor people ever. Our eligible voter turnout hasn’t cracked 65% for even presidential elections for 100+ years. If we ever get true virtual reality a huge portion of the population will just drop out further.
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