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Huxley vs Orwell [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP
Huxley LibertyorDeath Mar 2015 #1
He did cali Mar 2015 #5
It looks like they were both right. Kalidurga Mar 2015 #2
this. n/t PowerToThePeople Mar 2015 #7
Thesis, antithesis... Fairgo Mar 2015 #9
That's what I was thinking deutsey Mar 2015 #14
I agree with this completely. Very good insight. nt stillwaiting Mar 2015 #16
GMTA hootinholler Mar 2015 #20
My friends and I used to debate this when I was in college, with all the "depth" and merrily Mar 2015 #3
the internets has created the nightmare of huxley. Facebook. i knew it was bad. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #4
Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Mar 2015 #6
I have known since I was 13 that Huxley was right Tom Ripley Mar 2015 #8
We are becoming a culture of rose scented Fairgo Mar 2015 #10
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Thank you, Ichingcarpenter! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #11
“The heaviest restriction upon the freedom of public opinion is not the official censorship ... Scuba Mar 2015 #12
Who? Octafish Mar 2015 #13
Quite a wonderful and accurate analysis. DeSwiss Mar 2015 #15
I think Terry Gilliam got pretty close in "Brazil" hunter Mar 2015 #17
A great and frighteningly prophetic film. hifiguy Mar 2015 #23
It's not that accurate a description of Brave New World muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #18
Read "The Doors of Perception". It will open your mind. McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #19
Okay, both of them were pretty good at defining the problems of the future. Did either of them have jwirr Mar 2015 #21
Both are 'right' it's just that only one of the two books is actually speculative fiction. Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #22
The Orwellian active controls will be used only on those hifiguy Mar 2015 #24
Bingo!!! roamer65 Mar 2015 #26
They were both right. raven mad Mar 2015 #25
this discussion reminds me of the Hindu story of the six blind men Dr. Xavier Apr 2015 #27
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