Orwellian World

42  2017-12-13 by TeemoSkull

This is just a simple discussion thread, but does anyone else feel like we're in the cusp of an Orwellian society or a corporate ran dystopia? With all the surveillance, constant foreign war, the filtering of the press to fit certain ideals, and the destruction of free speech not too mention the fact that corporations can lobby hard as shit and get what they want ,i.e. revoking net neutrality. It just seems like we're getting closer to a dystopian world.

10 comments

1  datsallvolks 2017-12-13

I was born 50 years ago and as each year has gone by my sense of this has grown. We are only a step or two away from full on 1984 IMHO.

1  TeemoSkull 2017-12-13

I'm it 21 and have noticed it. We read the book in High school a few years ago. I bet it's been more of a transition for you being in your 50's.

1  WhiskeyMadeMeDoIt 2017-12-13

I remember my great uncle telling me to never threaten a president on a phone. He said they were always listening. That was in 1982. Shit hasn't changed much just easier to do what they always have.

1  Rocksolid1111 2017-12-13

I'd add in the Ministry of Truth with the way the news and google have been shifting too. And the 'people' that Correct the Record..

1  EyeOfTheBeast 2017-12-13

Yes, is Syria our enemy or friend this week?

1  VeganSavage 2017-12-13

Yep, we are there. Next 5 years are going to be nuts.

Just throwing in 2 cents.

1  jargonoid 2017-12-13

We have always been at war with the middle east. No really, there are plenty of adults who (like myself) don't remember anything before 9/11.

1  Ghostalter0000 2017-12-13

Can't wait! At least then the normies will be forced to listen to us! But it'll be too late...

Maybe there will be that small period of time where they all have an "ah-ha" moment

1  RagingSatyr 2017-12-13

It's a mix between that and Fahrenheit with a bit of ABNW. 1984 describes the intelligence, surveillance, and outsourcing of war. Fahrenheit and ABNW describe the apathy of the populace and the futility of change.

1  mindboglin 2017-12-13

I know Bradbury never intended it to be but Fahrenheit really captures it for me. The walls in the house, the wiping of history, destruction of language, the warplanes etc.

Scary shit.