What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.
What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.
Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information.
Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.
Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us.
Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
Orwell feared we would become a captive culture.
Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.
As Huxley remarked in "Brave New World Revisited," the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
In "1984", Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain."
In "Brave New World," they are controlled by "inflicting pleasure."
In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us.
Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us. ~Neil Postman
6 comments:
Just leave me, and my kids alone and keep your idiotic leftist, behavioral quirks to yourself, and STOP trying to take-over of our children!
And STOP ensuring the “transformation” of America and the political indoctrination of our youth.
Your lies, and your BS is OVER, When you can’t refute the message, don’t try to attack the messenger. That is npt going to work anymore!
And Don’t even try to touch a child sexually, whether it be with your hands, or even with your words because if you do, it’s going to be all over for you!
Be advised CF that nothing, absolutely nothing is forever unchanging. Everything is impermenant. Includuding societal norms. So, get with the constant changing flow of reality and life or you'll continue to be one very angry and unhappy person.
BTW, keep you hands off our books and personal liberties.
Cru Frank,
What evs.
Who are you voting for? I'm going with Huxley right now.
Is CF related to the Pizzagate guy?
And Don’t even try to touch a child sexually, whether it be with your hands, or even with your words because if you do, it’s going to be all over for you!
Someone tell the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptists, Frank's coming for them. Right, Frank?
Don't forget Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451.
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