Was 1984 a left-wing screed too?
The total-surveillance state that Orwell predicted is coming about only a couple of decades behind schedule in England. Guns and any other means of self-defense is banned, cars are tracked by satellite, and cameras blanket the streets.
George Washington observed that "government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master."
We as patriotic Americans should not be allowed to be stampeded into enslaving ourselves to government for the sake of the illusion of "keeping us safe."
Amen, brother.
No, I don't think so. It was anti-totalitarianism.
The total-surveillance state that Orwell predicted is coming about only a couple of decades behind schedule in England. Guns and any other means of self-defense is banned, cars are tracked by satellite, and cameras blanket the streets.
True. The surveillance by the British state was one of the major themes of V for Vendetta. The irony is that the real-world surveillance in England these days has been brought about by a Center-Left parliamentary government, rather than a right-wing dictatorship
1984, like Animal Farm, was a warning. Orwell was a committed Communist, until he realized just what the long term plans were.
With all the new security plans, I fear Orwell was mearly two decades behind.
FYI that's an unconfirmed quote. It's not been found in any of his writings.