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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

We have always been at war with Eurasia

It's seriously worrying how much they're treating 1984 as a playbook.

[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

The fun thing is, most of the people I know haven't read 1984, they have no idea what we're in for. Oh they know its vaguely about a dystopian society, but they can't wake up each morning read the headlines and point to the exact page in that book the headline came from, so they can't seem to see what's coming tomorrow.

Fun. Fucking. Times.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

1984 is probably the most important book I've ever read, and I've been making my way through a book at all times since I learned to read.

The state of America right now proves to me most Americans have not read 1984.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Brave New World is another excellent book along these lines.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Less than half of Americans read a book a year

48.5 percent of adults reported having read at least one book in the past year

https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2024/federal-data-reading-pleasure-all-signs-show-slump

And my guess is the vast majority of those that are reading are mostly scooping books from booktok (literary smut) or something off the New York Times bestseller lists

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

"There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.”

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

They're not smart enough to do that. It's a poor facsimile.