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[–]jet199Instigatrix 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Both are right.

I mean Orwells stuff was based on societies which actually existed while he was alive, he can't not be right.

[–]Questionable 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Taking that these concepts are not true polar opposites, no one can actually be 'right' in this case. These are just tools for control.

[–]Kyto113 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What a stupid premise. Neither are "right". They are both pointing at tendencies and flaws in human nature.

And just a reminder something big happened between the publication of brave New world and 1984 that explains the shift in perspective...

[–]horatioherbert 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It’s not stupid to meme about the works of great thinking minds

[–]IridescentAnaconda 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

?Por qué no los dos?

[–]soundsalad 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Def a combination.

[–]redditbegay 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are trying to ban books (JK Rowling) and censor TV (bill nye from the 90's). SO huxley and Orwell both had good points that have come true today, IMO.

[–]the-ham-bummer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I would not discount a good cop huxley vs bad cop orwell, when regimes headed for the second one get overturned people want the first. I am in the street protesting the mismanagement of Covid emergency but I know people mostly want some free money and work as little as possible. This is why the lefty seventies ended in the little capitalist eighties.

[–]bobbobbybob[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

yes, the question is a little rhetorical, both systems are in play

[–]beyoncepaddock 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What about the unabomber manifesto?

[–]wecandobetter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not one or the other.

[–]SmallPP 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

both are right in their own way

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've never seen this on the internet before, this is a great comic, if you could even call it that.