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Edited by Euler:
7/21/2013 3:46:22 AM
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Brave New World or 1984?
Will what we hate destroy us? Or what we love destroy us?
[spoiler]If anyone comes from left field and says Fahrenheit 451, i'll sic the Hound on you.[/spoiler]
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4 RepliesBut Fahrenheit 451 is an entirely good option. I just read the book actually lol.
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To anyone who questions Orwell's notion that English would become riddled with NewsSpeak, I just say LOL and I am ROFL at you.
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7 RepliesThe Low Information Voters will be the death of this country and our freedoms. The only thing they care about is their handouts and "what have you done for me lately" attitude. The sad thing is under the Obama administration, their goals to "reform America" and to "transform" America has happened. We are now a government dependent people that rely on King Barack the 1st and the gub'a'ment to survive. That's exactly what 1984 was all about...control. So, since the economy has been destroyed, our debt is destroying us from within, people have no where else to turn but their new master the government. Just wait until Obamacare kicks in. It will be true control when the IRS takes over YOUR healthcare. ALL HAIL OUR KING.....KING BARACK the 1st!
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1984 was an amazing book. I haven't read Brave New World, but I really want to.
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Brazil FTW!
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I haven't read BNW, so I could say. 1984 was damn good, though.
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I thought you was talking about Civ 5 :(
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I've never heard of "Brave New World". I suppose it's about a totalitarian government. I bet I'll give it a read. I HAVE read 1984, but I'm not going to vote since I haven't read BNW.
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2 RepliesI did really like Fahrenheit... Although according to the author, it's not about censorship.
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
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1 ReplyEdited by Quantum: 7/17/2013 11:25:17 PM1984 seems to be more relevant in modern society. You know, oligarchism and all... That, and the 1984 system was still somewhat fragile, Brave New World had advanced to near total domination.
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I'm forced to read 451.
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That's a tough one, to be quite honest. I regret to say that I have NOT read "Brave New World," so I can't really answer this thread unfortunately. Between "1984," and say, perhaps "The Hunger Games" might be a bit more appropriate if you ask me. The question is not how will the divide be created, but in what way will it be created. Will it be between the rich and the poor, or the Government and the Citizens? That's just my opinion, and I apologize I wasn't aptly prepared for the discussion at hand.
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we, by Yevgeny Zamyatin this book inspired both 1984 and Brave New World.
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4 RepliesBrave new world sucks its so repetitive
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1984 is perfect. You can't beat a fictional environment based on a real one (Stalinist Russia).
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1 ReplyFahrenheit 542
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How about Little Brother from Cory Doctorow?
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A large part of industrialised western society has already fallen into a state of passive hedonism, it's nothing else but habitual self-gratification for many outside their work and other obligations. Despite the NSA's clumsy attempts to imitate Big Brother, I think that the fall of the Soviet Union and the recent uprisings in the (less economically) developed world have shown that the easiest way to placate the people is to keep their heads in the feeding trough and ensure that they have no reason to bite the almighty hand that feeds them. Letting the people keep their pleasures roll around themselves in the mud is much more efficient (and cheaper) than having a dedicated government body controlling the people. When we are pouring all our rage into consoles and celebrities and when we blow relatively straightforward trials out of proportion while conveniently ignoring the US/UK axis of information hijacking, you know something's off. I think that governments much prefer it when we are the ones that oppress ourselves.
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Most likely what we love. Though 1984 is the better book.
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The world right now is moving towards a combination of both. I liked 1984 better, though.
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1984 is already happening...
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I'm siding with Huxley on this one.
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3 RepliesEdited by Closed Account: 7/17/2013 12:55:06 PMHuxley was right. That's all that needs to be said.
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Orwell was a better writer, that's for sure. Their visions of a dystopic future both have their stengths and pitfalls, though.
