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Jan 31, 2016, 01:51 AM
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Anyone read George Orwells 1984? I feel like I've suddenly had an epiphany. Like Orwell was a prophet. So many of his words ring true to me today. It was a book I read in my final year of high school for English & I feel like the teachers were trying to send a message by having us study it. Perhaps they were trying to enlighten us. "The party" in 1984 is the government & they have these slogans that become themes in the book, when you think about it they exist in practise today.
"War is peace" is a concept used today when governments engage in the so called preemptive wars like that against the Middle East. The term is a paradox, because you cannot start a war in order to prevent it.* Our society is founded on the concept of "Freedom is slavery." We are slaves to money, we must work to survive but at the same time, almost all of us strongly believe they are free. We are told to be thankful. Just like in 1984, we use "doublethink" to believe what is essentially a paradox. In 1984 The Party (government) enforced so called "double thinking", or "doublethink" which describes the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct. Ignorance is strength is the final party slogan & the scariest. I see it everyday, I myself am torn between accepting & denying the "party slogans" that are so ingrained into our own society. We must not question authority, law, legal institutions, school books,*history,*main stream media or mainstream science. Deviation from the societal norms is corrected by society, with the help of the individuals. We are both prisoners and prison masters, constantly policing ourselves and each other.*And even though we are not aware of it, we are all subjects to carefully designed mind programming, indoctrination and brainwashing, from birth to death.
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 Imah, Takeshi
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Jan 31, 2016, 01:53 AM
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Yes yes yes to all of that
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
| Imah, Wanderlust90
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Jan 31, 2016, 02:01 AM
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Yeah 1984 is a pretty intense book. Definitely has commentary that still holds true in our 21st century society.
Have you read V For Vendetta? You may enjoy that If you're a fan of dystopian, political commentary sort of stuff.
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--Keegan BP1 Substance Use Disorder -- Alcohol (In Recovery) 900mg Lithium 15mg Temazepam PRN "Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not After You"
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| Imah, Wanderlust90
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Jan 31, 2016, 02:15 AM
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I haven't but I will be! It's flipping me out! It's like how did I read this over 6 years ago & only suddenly come to this conclusion?
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| Imah
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Jan 31, 2016, 02:22 AM
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It happens to me in the shower or (of course) right when I'm about to fall asleep
((Epiphany!!!)))) Me: those bastards are doing us like he said they would!!1984 man! Lol Bradbury's Fahrenheit about the burning of books ect rings true
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
| Mrs. Mania, Wanderlust90
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Jan 31, 2016, 02:32 AM
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OMG I want to lock myself away & read them all. & then read essay discussion about them. & then write an essay that would climax anything I've ever written lol
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| jacky8807, Takeshi
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Jan 31, 2016, 07:55 AM
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I did it for my dissertation in high school. Written post war I think so heavily influenced by the nazis, soviets, and probably our own (uk) and american government too. There's social manipulation within all societies at different levels. Orwell just took it to it's extremes.
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| Mrs. Mania, Wanderlust90
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Jan 31, 2016, 08:33 PM
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I've never read that book (how have I never read it?!), but now I want to.
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| Wanderlust90
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Jan 31, 2016, 08:52 PM
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but it's too late my dear to matter ....
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Jan 31, 2016, 11:51 PM
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If you liked 1984 you should definitely read Farenheit 451, one of my personal all time favorite books and every bit as prophetic as Orwell's book. Brave new world is also one of the original great dystopian novels.
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| Takeshi, Wanderlust90
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Feb 01, 2016, 07:43 AM
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Coca Cola & fries, the wafer & wine of the western religion of commerce.
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May 09, 2016, 12:58 AM
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Yes!!! V for Vendetta is on Netflix. 1984 is so accurate and prophetic down to the cameras in our phones and computers they're everywhere.
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