If you think the actual point of the book is to just say that totalitarianism is bad you wasted your time reading it Yeah no fucking shit the Party are supposed to be unlikable You're supposed to frown when Winston gets electroshocked not smile, well spotted Christ almighty
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And that sucks, honestly One thing that I've noticed is people who love the word "Orwellian" talk about "creeping Orwellianism", they point to some stupid fake college campus scandal and go "These are the trends Orwell was warning us about"
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But he wasn't! At least not in 1984! 1984 isn't about "creeping Orwellianism", it doesn't have "trends", it doesn't contain "early warning signs" The whole thing takes place AFTER they've already completely conquered society!
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Huh, yeah - and there's also remarkably little of the anti-capitalist propaganda even in the context of the book. The Party is mostly whipping up rage against Eastasia/Eurasia, we get a few of their caricatures but the capitalists are forgotten more than reviled.
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