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poconopede 13 points ago +15 / -2

I recommend Brave New World which is more akin to what is manifesting now. 1984 is the strategy BNW is the reality

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CanadianTrump 8 points ago +8 / -0

Actually covid is full out 1984. Precovid the corporate fascism i would have agreed .

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poconopede 5 points ago +6 / -1

i wasnt so much talking about plot and setting as the themes are fear to control vs pleasure to control.

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IllusionOfChoice 1 point ago +1 / -0

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poconopede 0 points ago +1 / -1

yeah there was a big era where a lot of writers had their takes. Fahrenheit 451 is another more commonly read book addressing censorship and total control.

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Forty_Five 1 point ago +1 / -0

I definitely see elements of both. It's really scary just how prophetic they both turned out to be.

The opening line from the 1953 film version of 1984.

What happens to the people in this story might happen to us. Might happen to you. If we should ever relax in our fight for freedom, if we should allow any individuals or any group of individuals to reduce our freedom of thought, our freedom of speech, our freedom of religion, then what happens to the people in this story will happen to us.

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poconopede 1 point ago +1 / -0

nailed it

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DeadLivesMatter 1 point ago +1 / -0

But the tv show kinda blew. Book is great though.

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poconopede 0 points ago +1 / -1

idk how this could be done well on a show or movie. doesnt mean it cant be but the ppl in charge of hollywood wouldnt want to redpill ppl. the matrix is a movie tho lol

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DeadLivesMatter 1 point ago +1 / -0

First season of Brave new world came out 2020 I think on amazon prime with nine episodes. I don’t recommend it at all. I’d say instead watch handmaid tales.

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poconopede 1 point ago +2 / -1

lol oh geez of course it sucks its amazon prop. handmaid is a terribly misconstrued "history"