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BunnyMcGee

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44. "...they love their servitude."

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Sun Mar 15, 2020, 02:51 PM

Mar 2020

Yes, I see this in folks around me. Glued to Facebook or TV.

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This is genius: Huxley v Orwell [View all] Soph0571 Mar 2020 OP

Yes, it is genius, but understand that some of us live in communities where less than 5% Atticus Mar 2020 #1

Oh plenty of people remember that Orwell started in an old Apple commercial unblock Mar 2020 #3

What difference does that make? robbob Mar 2020 #16

If you lived where I live, among people who ask questions like, "What do you mean, Atticus Mar 2020 #39

Thought-provoking. Thanks! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #2

This is brilliant Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #4

I have often pointed that out over the past 20+ years... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2020 #30

BTW: Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK. November 22, 1963. DemoTex Mar 2020 #5

Interesting, I didn't know that stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #19

Love it. Thank you Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #6

Fascinating PatSeg Mar 2020 #7

Yup. Feed the people pablum until some begin to wake up then lunatica Mar 2020 #43

K&R. This is wonderful. Thank you for posting! bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #8

Sadly, I see elements of both in today's culture PA Democrat Mar 2020 #9

The public can't distinguish truth from lies bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #10

As Huxley once said Soph0571 Mar 2020 #32

Brilliant stuff! They were both right. A combination of the two is used like the carrot and the Nitram Mar 2020 #11

I love this sort of thought-provoking stuff nuxvomica Mar 2020 #12

Huxley predicted the world kairos12 Mar 2020 #13

As a couple of posters have noted, both were right, and both effects are flourishing. eppur_se_muova Mar 2020 #14

Brilliant. Thanks Sharing it with my sons with the source... NNadir Mar 2020 #15

Thanks for the link. Great young writer/artist. (nt) klook Mar 2020 #21

Brilliant. Depressing. zentrum Mar 2020 #17

Both books had big impact on me. Beakybird Mar 2020 #18

I said several times that we are headed, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #20

Thank you. Timely. Hopefully it sharpens our judgment about hype. ancianita Mar 2020 #22

Genius indeed!! ElementaryPenguin Mar 2020 #23

Amused To death- Roger Waters you should listen to the whole album spike jones Mar 2020 #24

Completely misses the point of 1984 denem Mar 2020 #25

The visual re-presentation of Big Brother... B Stieg Mar 2020 #26

Excellent! I often wonder whether we'll end up like 1984 or Brave New World librechik Mar 2020 #27

And it turns out the little girl in the meme was right AleksS Mar 2020 #28

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #29

Surprised no one in the thread mentioned . . . 'IDIOCRACY' . . . still empedocles Mar 2020 #31

Indeed Soph0571 Mar 2020 #33

Yes! Newest Reality Mar 2020 #35

All of the LU students are having a very exceptional educational opportunity to deeply experience empedocles Mar 2020 #36

They'll ALL be in therapy is 15 years, I bet. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #47

Widespread reports that the young are markedly, less likely to follow into evangelicalism empedocles Mar 2020 #50

That was good! Newest Reality Mar 2020 #34

Yes indeed grantcart Mar 2020 #37

I first saw this on highexistence.com softydog88 Mar 2020 #38

Postman's "Teaching As A Subversive Activity" was excellent. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #40

Excellent. Thanks for posting. yonder Mar 2020 #41

I think people should remember BNW was mainly about controlling children by abolishing the family muriel_volestrangler Mar 2020 #42

"...they love their servitude." BunnyMcGee Mar 2020 #44

WOW! Great post! America chose Huxley. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #45

I read Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" a long time ago BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #46

Excellent! Cetacea Mar 2020 #48

Kick burrowowl Mar 2020 #49