posted ago by AmazinKrackin
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The elements and motifs used in dystopian literature is coming true and we have adopted many of the elements in 1984, Brave New World, and wrapped it in Ann Rynd socialism/communism literature.
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I could read Atlas Shrugged only once because the world it depicted disturbed me so much. This was in 1999, and it was already too close to home.
It's becoming way too close to reality to be enjoyable... it's only fun to watch "from a good safe distance"
We’re already living in a dystopian story. A single party controls the population, leveraging fear of a virus to lock us inside. Media, communications, corporations and politicians all coordinate their messaging to silence and demonize opposition. Language is artificially mutated to manipulate the population. I could go on and on.
This is literally the intersection of 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451.
When I first watched that movie it kind of freaked me out. Then I was at a happy hour talking to a friend of a friend that was from an Eastern block country. He said something like," Americans think nothing could ever happen here but they are totally wrong." Fucking crazy
I lived in Poland in the early 90s for a couple of years and when my Polish was good enough this woman I knew who was in her mid 70s told me this story about the Russians were mad about some black market dealings and to send a message they went into every flat in this complex (tall 10 story ghetto like structures) took their most valued possession in each home threw it out the windows, made the people put it into a pile, and burned it.
No killing, no inprisonment, just complete demoralization.