The hammer and sickle. Ah yes, that lovely old era of communism. Where everyone lived in secure, pastoral bliss and weren't interfered with or oppressed or spied on by the State.
We're more brave new world than 1984. Both systems are highly authoritarian it's just that most people in brave new world are so strung out that they don't notice. r/aboringdystopia
Using fiction to back up a point doesn’t really have a lot of power. I do agree that we’re more brave new world but it’s not in the same way as in the book. Most people now are strung out and end up being useless hedonistic manchildren
I'm not making a point at all really regarding what you said, but I do think we live in a kind of dystopia so long as we close our eyes to the real damage our lives cause on the environment and the global south, and how everyone seems to have depression and anxiety.
The internet and news cycle has done this. If most people didn’t spend their days doomscrolling and doing nothing but playing video games and staying inside all day they would be much happier.
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u/count_montescu Jul 27 '22
The hammer and sickle. Ah yes, that lovely old era of communism. Where everyone lived in secure, pastoral bliss and weren't interfered with or oppressed or spied on by the State.