orwellian or huxlian?
related to the recent xkcd on sheeple: “Amusing Ourselves To Death” – a short graphic novel on Orwell vs. Huxley in 2009. you really should click that link.
are we in a military state where violence is used to control the masses and media, or one where everyone is so distracted by their wealth, their abundance, that the criminals operate without resistance? (social control through indulgence – give them everything, get them hooked on what they have, and they’ll let you do whatever so they can keep it….) i think it depends on what country you live in. Iran? Orwellian. the US? Huxlian. the result: fear and violence vs apathy and disintegration. for the future of the human race: both are bad news.
+ a whole lot of well presented points on this here.
h.t. to ill gates for this link.
“Liberties are not given, they are taken.”- Aldous Huxley
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