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Socialist or immature
xyle_one:
quote:Originally posted by Calum: Member # 81:
interestingly, many people have waxed on about 'nineteen eighty four' by orwell and how prophetic it is/isn't but i find it interesting that orwell's 'animal farm' has turned out to be much more prophetic of late 20th century western civilisation, even though it is based on the first few decades of the soviet union's history.
huxley's brave new world got it pretty much spot on in a lot of ways too.another little known book with a lot of good predictions (this one from 1962) is 'the fifth planet' by fred and geoffrey hoyle, if you get the chance to read it.
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you know. i havent read animal farm in like 10 years. i think i should read it again.
Kintaro:
I have nothing against money, i have somthing against capitalism. I dont like people who just want to make more and more money and spend it on crap, we need laws to stop rich people from making life crap for others.
Siplus:
what, exactly, are they doing to make the poor's life crap? having money? i didn't know b. gates was making my life horrible by having billions of dollars. it isn't his money that is harming me, it is his monopoly on the computer software industry
funny..."1984" reminds me of a socialist state more then a capitalist state. it's kind of like what the liberals are trying to do to the US (and what the communists want)
flap:
Yes, because somehow liberals... are against freedom? That makes sense.
papercut:
Sure you get to have a laptop and what not, but whats the point if you don't have time to use it.
Nazi germany, and Soviet Union weren't true socialist countries they were led by dictators. The soviet union had no freedom they didn't even get to choose their profession.
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