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MuhSoy 4 points ago +4 / -0

OK, I teach HS English too. Provide me some evidence, good sir, of what resembles even a single dystopian element regarding the "Far-Right".

In 1984, the State controls all. There are 3 social classes; the Inner Party, Outer Party, and the Proles. ALL are conditioned to believe that the ongoing wars are perfectly normal, despite the warring factions switching in mid-war.

Winston, the protagonist, works for the Outer Party and spends most of his time altering/deleting news events. A coworker of his brags about the upcoming edition of a NewSpeak dictionary purposefully ELIMINATING WORDS (i.e. censorship) to make communication easier --- basically to avoid the infraction of wrongthink.

Is this somehow more aligned with the powerless (and voiceless) "Far-Right" than the Left fusing both Federal Government & BigTech?