Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Society by the numbers: 1949,1984,2007

The book mentioned in my previous post was George Orwell's 1984.

I am proud of myself that in my lifetime I have read what all three of the great dystopia novels:

1984
We
Brave New World

Now, for a cautionary note to those who would choose to hear it:

Don't move from a socialist nation you've been living in for years, read 1984 then travel to modern day England.

Doublethink may be old hat, and cognitive dissonance may be worldwide.

But I just wanted to write a note of thanks, England, for treating me to CCTV, zero trust and constant under class treatment.

Question is:

Was Orwell visionary, or has English society always just been fucked?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good words.