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I know it's cliche to quote Orwell, but I can't help but be fascinated how spot on he was
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:06 pm
Hearing Biden and his media partners gaslight us that we should be happy about inflation and the economy, makes me wonder if they could simply piss all over their obedient sheep and convince them they should be happy that it's raining.
Orwell-1984 on chocolate rations
Orwell-1984 on chocolate rations
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For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen. It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.
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Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:07 pm to burger bearcat
I think Huxley called it better than Orwell
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:12 pm to burger bearcat
He nailed it to be sure.
Crazy that he could be so suspicious of central power and still be a proud socialist.
Crazy that he could be so suspicious of central power and still be a proud socialist.
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:14 pm to Hayekian serf
quote:It's actually a crazy mix of Orwell, Huxley and Mike Judge. go back and watch Idiocracy, but not as a comedy but as a dystopian horror movie.
I think Huxley called it better than Orwell
I always remember watching that and thinking, "How the hell could we get to that?" We are fast tracking that right now.
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:20 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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It's actually a crazy mix of Orwell, Huxley and Mike Judge. go back and watch Idiocracy, but not as a comedy but as a dystopian horror movie. I always remember watching that and thinking, "How the hell could we get to that?" We are fast tracking that right now.
It’s like Atlas Shrugged, 1984, and Brave New World had a threesome and produced a baby.
That’s 2022 America
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:33 pm to burger bearcat
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:49 pm to Hayekian serf
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think Huxley called it better than Orwell
They're using both fear and reward at the same time
Posted on 12/13/22 at 12:51 pm to burger bearcat
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I know it's cliche to quote Orwell, but I can't help but be fascinated how spot on he was
They have to tell you what they are going to do!
Posted on 12/13/22 at 1:00 pm to Robin Masters
Orwell’s problem is that he believed in utopian socialism with little interference from the state. After nuclear weapons hit the scene, he may have realized the impossibility of that stance and, while still a socialist, was a less devout one.
Posted on 12/13/22 at 2:18 pm to burger bearcat
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Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.
I think about this every time I was CNN or Fox News.
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