I think he was a prophet. A seer.
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Orwell's spiritual testament
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I think he was a prophet. A seer.
I guess he was so right.
He is a prophet of the 20th century.
How the Western man will be slave of mindsets, and will be deprived of critical thinking.
How he will be blackmailed and / or bribed
He is a prophet of the 20th century.
How the Western man will be slave of mindsets, and will be deprived of critical thinking.
How he will be blackmailed and / or bribed
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A wee bit pessimistic for me, but I wouldn't laugh at such warnings and/or predictions.
Altfish
Veteran Member
He went too far but he was right about the way right wing governments are relying on fear to motivate the populus.
This thread is about Orwell.
Not Cipolla.
So please, stay on topic.
Btw...welcome to the forums.
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kaninchen
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All gone, bye!
exchemist
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He had Stalin in mind. Stalin's USSR was the most complete experiment in totalitarianism at the time he was writing, and probably ever since too.
osgart
Nothing my eye, Something for sure
In 1984, the truth was suppressed, propaganda and surveillance controlled the reality of the lives of its citizens. Sincerity and factual accounts and responsibilities to report so we're no longer tolerated. Other countries have gone down this road and the power of the computer makes it a battle for the attention and control of people's reality and minds. Human creativity and expression suffers, and people become widgets. The sense of relationship, exploration and adventure far removed from every day life.
It's not just critical thinking that suffers. Creativity and art suffer.
That's why it's more important than ever to democratize technology and the internet. Spoon fed realities dumb down people, while others take the opportunity to use technology to inspire and inform.
So here we are either becoming master or slave to technology. Victory sucks.
I'm glad he wrote that book. Do we find the world more cold and impersonal today? I think so.
It's not just critical thinking that suffers. Creativity and art suffer.
That's why it's more important than ever to democratize technology and the internet. Spoon fed realities dumb down people, while others take the opportunity to use technology to inspire and inform.
So here we are either becoming master or slave to technology. Victory sucks.
I'm glad he wrote that book. Do we find the world more cold and impersonal today? I think so.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
It has been said that readers in the West wondered if Orwell's dystopian nightmare could ever come to pass. People who managed to get hold of copies of the book in East Germany and Russia, wondered how he knew so much about their lives.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Wow. Just like the left wing!
Altfish
Veteran Member
Give me a left wing example -
Right wing examples = Mexicans, Chinese, Death Camps, Socialism, Banning Xmas, Cancel Culture - I could go on
Audie
Veteran Member
exchemist
Veteran Member
It seems his eyes were opened to Stalinist communism when he was taking part in the Spanish Civil War.
exchemist
Veteran Member
There is also this sort of thing: Hong Kong: police arrest senior members of group that organised Tiananmen vigils
Audie
Veteran Member
exchemist
Veteran Member
When my son visited Tiananmen Square a few years ago he was instructed not to make any reference to the killings when speaking in the hearing of the the tour guide. And of course the tour guide made no reference to it.
China is trying to write this incident out of history. Pure 1984.
Audie
Veteran Member
Not just trying.
In general i think people in China consider their press more reliable than Western.
Which enfolds a suggestion that you guys
clean up your rather sorry act.
exchemist
Veteran Member
If that is what people in China think, then they are living already in Orwell's dystopia. Where in the Chinese press can one read about the treatment of the Uighurs, I wonder.
But when you say "you guys", what do you mean? I am not a journalist, Chinese or otherwise.
Audie
Veteran Member
I mean " the West "
Kooky
Freedom from Sanity
And a communist, let's not forget that.