Also I want to read 1984 as told by Julia: promising Resistance up-and-comer gets derailed by a dead-end relationship with failed journalist whose gloomy self-pity compromises their operational security
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Anyway everyone should read 'We', a 1921 dystopian sci-fi Russian novel that invented this genre (and that Orwell cribbed from). It's an early attack on the kind of techno-utopianism that bedevils us today, and it's quite beautifully written. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ABQ0LJS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect …
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… and would likely have maybe been too unbelievable (at the time, or 3 years ago for that matter)
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That's a very American thing to believe!
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I feel like he was more of an exposition type character, not a literal depiction of how totalitarian leaders are.
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The O'Briens are hired guns. They're not true believers, it's a think tank behind a spokesmodel to provide sophistry on demand.
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I didn't think of O'Brien as being at the top. To me, he's like a deputy DHS secretary.
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Eh... an issue is that everyone has imperfections.
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The fools at the top are clever enough to know need the O'Brians in order to get the some work done, to keep their power.
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I think he knew. By then he'd seen it all. It just made a better story, and in a way it doesn't matter. A group of fools is indistinguishable from a lone fanatic, when seem from below.
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