If Orwell was here today: "Shitting hell! I wasn't writing an instruction manual!"

The Randians and the Jacobins and the Keynesians, having been shafted by their respected Gods did return to the outdated middle school library for guidance.

He was writing about his own time.

It's as if someone used this book as an instruction manual instead of a cautionary tale.

Since Orwell was himself a secret subversion agent of the British Empire and contributed to the enslavement of hundreds of millions of Indians with only a handful of fellow British to do just that, one has to wonder whether this book was in fact meant to do the exact opposite of setting its readers free.

They currently are doing so, but not by the book. Orwell just had an amazing ability of foresight.

This ain't a conspiracy I know

Doesn't need to be, this subreddit is not defined by a single word

And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus on petty specific grievances.

Occupy Wall Street was persuaded not to have any leaders or specific goals. I thought that it was very Orwellian, and no one even noticed.

Here's a twist.. I remember listening to a podcast (I think Alan Watts?) that spoke about Orwell and Huxley's ties to the elites. And that their works were specially meant to condition us at a young age to accept our fate.

Remember, these two books are extremely popular and almost mandatory reading in U.S. schools. Here's one comment I found that talked about this: http://imgur.com/JzJKwyv

Haven't looked into this to say for sure, but it's definitely interesting. That being said, 1984 is still my favorite book : )

I'm reading this sub post-joint toke and this is blowing my mind right now. I have never heard anything like this regarding literature. If something like this turned out to be true, who knows what else could be "planted" amongst our culture. The implications of such a reality are terrifying. Holy hell. If that's true then the rabbit hole very well may be infinite.

Well.. it's mind blowing in the sense that it's friggin' Huxley and Orwell.

Other than that, this is simply social engineering (something very real and widespread).

Consider that texts were at one time reserved for the enlightened, and that the common rabble were in fact widely uneducated.

Then comes the Industrial Revolution and the printing press. Suddenly the rabble are upwardly mobile and speaking to one another independently about such things as oppre$ion and inju$tice, and observing the way in which human resources are managed.

This is bad for business, but progress cannot be reversed. It can, however be brought into the service of the illuminated so as to rebalance the scales.

So the logical countermove is to send out amongst them information that serves the aims of the illuminated, sows discord, disillusionment, confusion.

And to keep things simple, the illuminated called it DISINFORMATION.

this is why reading was such an important turning point in politics, people were for a short time actually informed as to what was going on around them.

and then, well, facebook/twitter/kim kardashian happened.

and then, well, television happened.

FTFY

Don't toke up too much on that conspiracy joint you've got. Shit can make you paranoid.

because, being without general ideas, they could only focus on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.

This is exactly what is happening today...

i had put off reading this for years, when i finally did read it iirc it was just after the "collateral murder" video went up online and the opening chapter chilled my spine.

anyone reading it today would be hard pressed to not expect that to be how the refugees situation in the Mediterranean eventually plays out.

No, brother, the passage you just quoted IS the "conspiracy" enveloping all others.

The scandals ("conspiracies") you read about in this sub are the more detailed ramifications and consequences of that particular control mechanism i.e. people being blinded, lead astray, their minds fragmented, knowledge compartmentalised, silenced, dumbed down etc. so they can't even perceive, let alone describe or discuss the systems ("larger evils") that keep them in bondage.

Yeah.. we know...

But not as a whole, as a people. It will be too late before enough people wake up.

slowly ive been giving up on the prolies. starting to think im playing for the wrong team, because this herd is definitely running straight off that fucking cliff at full speed.

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Lol, yeah. You would think the bathroom bullshit would be obviously a distraction for us to argue about but it sure is working.

Could this book be seen as social programming? Or was Orwell completely benevolent...? This quote, however, is accurate as all get out.

Do you expect our race to be better than this though? Most prols are so driven by their egos and dumb at the same time it's pathetic.

I believe Orwell made this as a message to us all I just learned and read this book in high school and it amazed and inspired me this book is a warning that is not being taken seriously

The Randians and the Jacobins and the Keynesians, having been shafted by their respected Gods did return to the outdated middle school library for guidance.

He was writing about his own time.