I'm re-reading 1984 and it feels very relevant to now. Orwell's #book isn't really #scifi, it's really a book about oppression and propaganda.
I'll do a blog on it I think. There are things to say about it.
There are socialists who say Orwell wasn't really a socialist, and they are probably right, but what Orwell gets so very right is how censorship works. By removing references to better things, people have no means to criticise current things. You can't say the current government is bad if you have no proof things were ever better.
As Orwell says: Who controls the past controls the future.
#propaganda #censorship
I'll do a blog on it I think. There are things to say about it.
There are socialists who say Orwell wasn't really a socialist, and they are probably right, but what Orwell gets so very right is how censorship works. By removing references to better things, people have no means to criticise current things. You can't say the current government is bad if you have no proof things were ever better.
As Orwell says: Who controls the past controls the future.
#propaganda #censorship
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yianiris •
Disregarding what he was what we have in front of us is the works signed by him. Their value is subjective but in the case of 1984 and the current reality, GO was a bit optimistic of how bad things can get.
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Lydia Conwell :mastodon: •
As you say, it doesn't really matter if he was a socialist or not. What matters is the work and how people interpret it.
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Or that things could be better.
yianiris •
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