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minus-squareBushwhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down3·1 year ago1984 - George Orwell tried to warn us.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoThis is bad, but that’s such an overused comparison. It can even be counterproductive because the Oceania from the books is so obviously different from the real world.
minus-squareBushwhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI’m talking about the wall in their rooms though that they can use to listen in when they want, you have no private conversations.
minus-squareSoviet Snake@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoA rapist, a snitch, a plagiarist, and a racist walk into a bar. The bartender asks “How’s the new book coming Mr. Orwell?”
minus-squareDuży Szef [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe same book which has been funded to be spread as far as possible, all over the world by the CIA. Classic. What a warning.
1984 - George Orwell tried to warn us.
This is bad, but that’s such an overused comparison. It can even be counterproductive because the Oceania from the books is so obviously different from the real world.
I’m talking about the wall in their rooms though that they can use to listen in when they want, you have no private conversations.
A rapist, a snitch, a plagiarist, and a racist walk into a bar.
The bartender asks “How’s the new book coming Mr. Orwell?”
Care to elaborate?
The same book which has been funded to be spread as far as possible, all over the world by the CIA.
Classic. What a warning.