Orwell - "the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
Huxley - “the perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would be basically a prison without walls, in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would essential be a system of slavery where, through consumption of entertainment, the slaves will live their servitude”
I think Brave New World is a better depiction of where we are at.
Orwell - "the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
Huxley - “the perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would be basically a prison without walls, in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would essential be a system of slavery where, through consumption of entertainment, the slaves will live their servitude”
I would agree
Exactly like the PRC and Russia. WTF AmeriKa.
1984 is obviously influenced by brave new world
We read both of those during the same year of school and then compared and discussed. To be honest, there’s elements of both that describe our times.
Orwell lived through the fucking holocaust and couldn’t call a future of eugenics. Embarrassing.