Thread: 2011: A Brave New Dystopia

2011: A Brave New Dystopia

By Chris Hedges
truthdig
Dec 27, 2010

The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s “1984â€

Thanks. I've been meaning to post this. It's been a LOOOOOONG time since these books were required high school reading.

Orwell warned of a world where books were banned. Huxley warned of a world where no one wanted to read books. Orwell warned of a state of permanent war and fear. Huxley warned of a culture diverted by mindless pleasure. Orwell warned of a state where every conversation and thought was monitored and dissent was brutally punished. Huxley warned of a state where a population, preoccupied by trivia and gossip, no longer cared about truth or information. Orwell saw us frightened into submission. Huxley saw us seduced into submission. But Huxley, we are discovering, was merely the prelude to Orwell. Huxley understood the process by which we would be complicit in our own enslavement. Orwell understood the enslavement.

Great article thanks for posting.