We're living in a hellish mix of Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and 1984.
Re your last sentence: I think that may be the point...
And it's crazy how entrenched it is too. I'm basically unable to have actual political/current event conversations with family without simply nodding my head to whatever they say because we are effectively in two completely different realities.
Re your last sentence: I think that may be the point...
Honestly, while we edge ever closer to "Orwell", I think it was Huxley who had that idea pinned down the best...
"Consoom! Consoom! Be a good citizen and lap it all up!" "It's not propaganda, it's TEH TRUTH!"
Eugh. Scary, innit?
We're living in a hellish mix of Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and 1984.
And it's crazy how entrenched it is too. I'm basically unable to have actual political/current event conversations with family without simply nodding my head to whatever they say because we are effectively in two completely different realities.