Orwell's great mistake was a kind of intellectual vanity. He thought that at the heart of totalitarianism, there would always be an O'Brien—a fanatical true believer who can nonetheless explain everything to dissidents. The idea of fools all the way to the top was too frightening
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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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