At no point in my lifetime has there not been war going on in the Middle East. Are we going to run out of boots or faces first I wonder? Or will it really just last forever?
At no point in my lifetime has there not been war going on in the Middle East. Are we going to run out of boots or faces first I wonder? Or will it really just last forever?
You are picking and choosing your predictions from 1984 though. The UK hasn’t become airstrip one and ingsoc hasn’t taken over. Newspeak is something we often bemoan when politicians speak but that’s more of a critical shorthand than accusing them of actually talking in double plus ungood words. There is still a royal as the head of state and the capitalists hold the power. There is no room 101 in London (except for the TV show). We are more connected to the rest of the world and aware of the shit that’s happening than in the 1940s.
Orwell may have been prescient in some areas but also wrong in others. It’s a bit like Nostradamus. Add salt to both.
This wasnt meant to be “1984 was so right! Orwell is a prophet”
I just remembered that specific quote in the shower and realized it seems like it’s—the quote, not the book as a whole—already come true
Thanks for the clarification. It sounded like an “Orwell was so right” post to me. My mistake.