Orwell v. Huxley

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Orwell v. Huxley
OP - October 23, 2009, 07:44 PM

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Just how much mass media, pop culture, mindless smut and 'entertainment' affects our thinking and keeping our eyes away from deeper, more graver issues.

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Re: Orwell v. Huxley
Reply #1 - October 23, 2009, 08:46 PM

Well, Orwell's vision was appropriate for Communist and fascist societies, which is what he had in mind when writing 1984, but it's pretty clear to me that Huxley's vision is much more compatible with liberal capitalist societies, and thus much more relevant to the times we are living in. Not that I think all components of his dystopian vision are in our future, nor even necessarily most of them, but some of the methods of social control (e.g. Soma) and social structure do seem very plausible in today's world.

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Re: Orwell v. Huxley
Reply #2 - October 23, 2009, 09:22 PM

I'd rather live in Huxley's Brave New World than in Orwell's 1984.

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Reply #3 - October 23, 2009, 09:24 PM

No way man!

Brave New World pumped full of soma?

Its nuts. At least in 1984 you could spot the baddy quite easily. If I was in Huxley's bookI'dbe s drugged up I wouldn't give a fuck.
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Re: Orwell v. Huxley
Reply #4 - October 23, 2009, 10:23 PM

No war, no crime, no diseases, free sex and most people are happy most of the time.

Sounds great to me.

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Re: Orwell v. Huxley
Reply #5 - October 23, 2009, 10:40 PM

but duuuuuuuuude

you get much more romance and the sex is almost illegal in 1984

Its so bad its AWESOME!
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Re: Orwell v. Huxley
Reply #6 - October 24, 2009, 04:35 AM

The human mind's potential of being distracted is just....

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Re: Orwell v. Huxley
Reply #7 - October 24, 2009, 07:16 AM

Well we're all gonna die anyways. Might as well die by the way of Brave New World

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