Is 1984 Becoming a Reality? - George Orwell's Warning to the World

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[@Dan-ud8hz]

If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.” - George Orwell, Collected Essays Vol. 1 p. 289

[@zoeh1964]

Thank you for your crucial work!

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

He lived the Mental Math

[@psalm1197]

MSM. the Ministry of Strategic Mendacity

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

@@psalm1197 👁🚜💰

[@aakkii2123]

*The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.* George Orwell

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

Current state of the public where everyone sticks to their own echochamber. It's not about left or right or center, it's about 99.99% of the population against the top 0.01%. Can't be that hard to have a conversation without being passive aggressive.

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

@@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207 I'm not against the top 0.01%. I'd like to be there myself, as would most people. I'm against the ruling class who use their power to enrich themselves at the expense of their own people. Undermine and subverting their own nation for money. International rootless groups manipulating policy to enact global power

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

@@frauleinhohenzollern8442 Well that 0.01% is the ruling class, that's what I meant with "top". Even if we took it as the richest 0.01%: I don't think that most people desire a life like this, and I think very few people are actually capable of handling such wealth...

[@Sunfried1]

Try dealing with reality rather than fiction. If you fail in that regard, you're more Orwellian than you might imagine.

[@aakkii2123]

@@frauleinhohenzollern8442 ◄ Matthew 16:26 ► And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

[@travisholte3241]

It’s crazy how this guy can have the foresight of years and years in the future yet most people now a-days can’t see the reality right in front of them

[@lindsyhoutmeyers8372]

Bam👊

[@caligvla3786]

He wasn’t predicting our current situation, he was essentially performing commentary on his own present and where he felt it was going. People have felt this way in every era. People will continue to feel this way long after our generations have gone.

[@Annie-dq3yw]

@@caligvla3786 very on point! Orwell was only writing history as he experienced it in the form of fiction

[@Zerowolf760]

It's because most people are too consumed with entertainment and other distractions.

[@lindsyhoutmeyers8372]

@@Zerowolf760 👊

[@totalcreativegaming6681]

This might not be an Orwell quote but it shares a similar warning. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil is for Good men to do nothing”. - Edmund Burke.

[@user-yz7hr5ng6t]

Evil provales

[@snouu9949]

That’s not an Orwell quote, that’s an Edmund Burke one.

[@Justsomebodyoninternet]

​@@snouu9949that's what the op wrote

[@snouu9949]

@@Justsomebodyoninternet he said it ‘might not’ be an Orwell quote, suggesting uncertainty. I was merely clearing up any confusion.

[@Justsomebodyoninternet]

@@snouu9949 alright sir

[@Blacklab99]

Frighteningly accurate. This man was sent to warn us and we ignored the warnings, and now we pay. Everything he predicted has come to fruition. We are in big trouble and it’s all of our own doing.

[@mus139]

Enoch Powell also warned us about certain things and we ignored him too?

[@wisu3529]

We were always going to ignore the signs. Humans are stupid animals but ignorantly think they’re different from the rest of the animal kingdom

[@Cupit29]

So you're expecting THINKPOL any second now, are you? No? DOUBLEPLUSGOOD then 😅

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

"Censoring information is called protecting the truth." Wow, if that doesn't hit home for anyone watching this then you're already too far gone.

[@newvocabulary]

Reading any government document about anything important shows nothing but long sections full of censored information, and it's there to somehow protect me, but in earnest protects the government.

[@ThePtoleme]

It's the favorite activity of Twitter and Facebook.

[@RKZX2]

when the govt lies, truth becomes the traitor.

[@JackHaveman52]

We call it "misinformation". Can't have any of that going around. Another weird thing that just happened is the new narrative that it was the Republicans that wanted to defund the police, last year. That was a big "WHAT??!!" moment for me.

[@SlapShotRegatta22]

@@RKZX2 Spot on! Amen brother!

[@963ag]

" Sheep spend their lives fearing the wolf- only to be slaughtered by the shepherd."

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

Hey, that's a good one. Who are you quoting?

[@troywardjr1216]

Unless the shepherd is a good shepherd that is.

[@thrdudeman420]

@@troywardjr1216 you mean a vegan or vegetarian then??? Or do you mean a good Shepard kills the best and least painful way? But i like the quote

[@troywardjr1216]

@@thrdudeman420 nah I am speaking of Christ and how He shephards us. And even when we stupidly run off He never looses any that belong to Him and guides us through and saves us even though none of us deserve it

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

"the slave will protect the master" like the addict will protect the object of their addiction and the dependent will protect the object of their dependency. as long as the slaves continue to identify with their slave masters rather than with other slaves, humanity is doomed. our slave masters may be on the right or left. they may be black or white, gay or straight, religious or athiest. it doesn't matter. we buy our slave masters' overpriced, police-state products. we believe whatever lies or insanity our slave masters tell us. we comply with our slave masters' every wish and command. fascists claim having a job makes you independent. THAT'S JUST CRAP! employment is mere slavery and dependence on your employer. people claim govt programs are for our benefit but all it does it increase the wealth of the rich and create a govt dependence for our daily survival. govt programs are just as slave inducing as employment. WE'RE ALL SLAVES TO OUR ELITIST MASTERS. either we're enslaved to the elite through employment OR govt programs. it doesn't matter if that elite is in the private or public sectors - ITS THE SAME ELITE! they don't care whether we're enslaved by or dependent on them through business or govt. JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE ENSLAVED! and they use this dichotomy to keep us divided and keep THEM in power. the elite have succeded in turning humanity into a slave species. and we've been falling for this scam for OVER 6000 years! i say its time for a change.

[@destinyhedge]

Currently reading 1984. I’m astonished by how spot on this book is and I’m only in the beginning chapters.

[@morocco8990]

You need to see the movie as well. It's very scary; it shows exactly how things are going in our world in the 21st century. Especially after enforcing digital currency and eliminating physical money completely. We will live the worst slavery imaginable.

[@--RBuo84]

Could you further explain? I haven’t read the book, I have only seen parts of the movie and I thought it was referring to the DDR era in Germany? When communism occurred. That’s why I thought it already happened like that. Please correct me if I am missing something.

[@destinyhedge]

@@--RBuo84 I would definitely recommend reading the book or doing research on the book. There are so many foretelling things the author writes about that pertains to what our world could potentially look like in the not so distant future.

[@eyebelieve3]

He is credited far too much for this book. It wasnt a work of genius on his part because of 2 things.... he was in contact with this life as his father was an official in the British Empire (India if i remember correctly), and also he was greatly inspired by the book 'We' by a guy named Yevgeny Zamyatin, which is an awkward read.

[@destinyhedge]

@@eyebelieve3 thank you for that bit of information, I had no idea. I appreciate it.

[@thetheraine]

and 74 years later, we're sliding right into it... without a struggle... sad...

[@kyndread71]

"To learn who rules over you, find out whom you are not allowed to criticize." -- Voltaire

[@afterlife101spirit]

Good one, bud.

[@mathewhale3581]

Not Voltaire. He never wrote that line. For credence sake it is often attributed to Voltaire, rather than the modern day anti-semite who penned it, for obvious reasons. It’s an interesting thought, but there are many examples which disprove it. Edit: the comment below is a fine example for those unable to think themselves. Bravo Latinexus

[@Molecular-Brainwaves-Translate]

"children with leukemia"

[@Kazmistrz1993]

QUI?

[@BadHorsie1]

@@mathewhale3581 go on, give us a few examples then

[@karynjohnstone1997]

‘Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect.’ Mark Twain

[@kagakai7729]

_Me reflecting on why I think that pissing on the subway is not a good idea_

[@Isenseven1080]

@@growinglifeorganic940 are you talking about someone specific?

[@carlosencarnacion9667]

Truth and majorities rarely walk together...

[@paulhargreaves9103]

@@carlosencarnacion9667 blimey Carlos….. that was poetically succinct……. Respect…!

[@jlushefski]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo One of their main goals is to remove any idea of objective standard. They cancel advanced math programs and replace them with "data science," stop looking at SAT scores, promote expressing yourself with abstract art, turn every debate into consensus or authoritative appeals, change definitions from one day to the next. It's all connected. When you remove objective standard from the legal system, an individual now has zero protection from the fickle mob, and everything will be justified by "democracy."

[@dianeschadei7083]

I read that book 4 times and reading it now. But as long as people go with this it will only get worse people must speak out. We are there now.God help us all

[@heimomoilanen9654]

According to another quite famous profetia, America will be destroyed. What might this as serious profetia be ?

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

Indeed. But one of the first things we need to do is get b by banish this ridiculous idea of ‘god’. Religion is a tool used by the so called elites to control the idiotic masses who believe what they are told. Fascists are also more likely to be superstitious and therefore believe this stuff.

[@Cupit29]

You can't speak out. You cannot assail The Party's power in any way. It's literally not possible. Did you actually read it?

[@lourdumary5915]

I read George Orwell's '1984', and and I thought then that the symbolic picture of Big Brother watching everyone, and all that was happening was not with reference to our country. But, truly, we are going through in our own country what George Orwell wrote in '1984'. We need to pay attention to the warning and core message, 'Let it not happen'. 'It is up to us'. Indeed, it is an onerous and personal responsibility, imperative on each one of us, to carefully guard our right freedom in all its facets.

[@AgnesC1111]

Yes, except big bro isn't watching us, they just subpoena the tapes!

[@rebelsnappingturtle5097]

Google, Facebook, Big Fish X etc. They whomever they is are watching.. .

[@dewsplash]

I think it's pretty much agreed at this point that we are in a Brave New World type of dystopia. Distracted with pleasures and entertainment, not even noticing the boot.

[@Nkrlz]

It's Brave New World morality with 1984 totalizing oppresive state, remember in BNW people were genitically content, just some alphas could even concieve of a different world.

[@dewsplash]

@@Nkrlz I don't disagree with you. I think our actual world is pretty diverse in how it oppresses people from country to country. But I think that in 1st world western countries its eerily similar to BNW.

[@mixedmattaphors]

I mean, maybe. But did the people of 1984 notice it, really? They were unhappy, but they were starkly reliant, on it.

[@dewsplash]

@@mixedmattaphors That's the difference. In a BNW they are happy. I'm pretty sure in 1984 people are just scared to say out loud that their lives suck. But it's an interesting idea. That if multiple generations lived like in 1984, would anyone know the difference after awhile?

[@rentstoohigh1587]

Agreed. 1984 is for the dissidents

[@johnhunter7386]

I read 1984 in the year 1984 as a junior in high school. I remember thinking this sort of thing would never happen in America. We love our freedom plus we have constitutional protections. Boy did I have a lot to learn.

[@kenamaro3942]

Being forced to take an injection that someone has chosen for me ....or starve tells me that freedom was just an illusion.

[@christo2690]

@@kenamaro3942 freedom isnt given by the government. You are born free. You only become a slave of you submit to it.

[@kenamaro3942]

@@christo2690 I will be unemployed by 11/15/21 at the age of 60 if I'm not fully vaccinated by that date..along with millions of others across this nation. This is going to get ugly...where is my freedom of choice in this matter, it doesn't exist. "This is not about freedom or personal choice"----Joe Biden, remarking while pushing his vaccine mandate on 9/10/21. Freedom isn't given by the government, you're correct, it's being taken away by the government!!!....

[@christo2690]

@@kenamaro3942 yeah i myself am battling with wtf to do with my employer when they ask. Ill tell the state to fck off all day..but my employer i dont know. I hope it somehow works out for you

[@kenamaro3942]

@@christo2690 desperate men do desperate things....When millions of men and women soon find themselves without work, the ability to support themselves and their families because they will not be forced, threatened or coerced into being test subjects for new medications or "vaccinations" the bloodbath will begin. With this mandate ,the door is open for many other 'mandates" based on the emergency of the day. Born free, perhaps but no longer living free. When was the last time you heard a U.S. president tell a national audience that "this is not about freedom or personal choice"?? The cornerstones of the very foundation upon which this nation was built. Let the games begin.... If your employer has 100 or more employees then all must be vaccinated or you're employment will be terminated!! Soon employers with any employees will be forced to follow suit. The objective is to starve us into submission. It's safe..take it all the while ignoring the injuries and deaths these vaccines have caused thus far. What are the long term negitive effects, say 7,9 12 years down the line?? They don't know because no long term testing was done??...benifets, risks and alternatives must be discussed with a patient, without this being addressed then the patiant can not give INFORMED CONCENT...but it's not concent they're after now is it. If I do this....it will not be by choice, it will be under duress via threats and coersion, how is that freedom??...

[@franciscowalker5104]

I have 1984 in my Kindle; I went to buy a hard copy to Barnes & Noble in 5th Avenue and 46th Street and they told me "it is one of our banned books" So, the store confirmed Orwell's thesis right there...the truth has to be canceled. Just a thought

[@Yelenots]

What?! Seriously? How is that even possible?! I wonder what you said to them? How are there banned books in NY?

[@andrewpatterson5052]

What an appropriate video for the times we all find ourselves in. I'm 57 and the first time I read 1984 was in 1982 in a highschool English class and I remember saying in a class discussion that that scenario could never happen in the United States. I had the chance to reread it ten years ago and it was startling how many things in the book parallel what is going on in the country and the world in general. I believe 1984 was written after WW2 so it makes it very prophetic indeed.

[@faithfamilyfreedom5750]

I'm reading 1984 right now, george Orwell was spot on when he said, in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act , it's happening all around us in these days.

[@ytSuns26]

Look how they abused Trump! Trump knew if their corruption he knew he could slow it down and WE would win. We were indeed winning , things were so good even North Korea shut up.

[@robertwilber1909]

... and telling the truth will be villified

[@barrysims9906]

A woman was taken to the police station to be questioned as to why she was praying silently outside an abortion clinic. The thought police already exist! Happened in the UK.

[@danieljonsson887]

True. Look at people who are admired today. Trump, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan etc. These people are mostly admired for just telling basic truths. I know that Peterson is well educated and all, but thats not why he is admired

[@philmiller4961]

PLEASE CONSIDER, BRAVE NEW WORLD (HUXLEY), THE PRINCE (MACHIVELLI), LORD OF THE FLIES (GOLDING), DON QUIXOTE (CERVANTES) THE LITTLE PRINCE (SAINT EUXPERY).

[@eadamic17]

The most frightening aspect of recent events is the way that a startling amount of people actually welcome their oppression and work actively to facilitate it. We have seen people widely accept perversion and de-humanisation out of fear, which I would have thought would have crossed a line if asked a few years ago. The question has to be asked: where is the line? It is unbelievable to see how easily modern humans are controlled by the existential void inside.

[@Countcho]

The quickness of how quickly the masses are fighting for tyranny surprised me

[@viennapalace]

Yet they say they love their children... It breaks my heart thinking about how much freedom the kids of tomorrow have lost already & it's only going to get worse.

[@roguedalek900]

Watch how religious cults work. Its called the cult of big government. This way to the box cars ---> (government) ...we will keep you safe

[@joie114]

Hello, I'm French and our gov is presently trying to create a distinction between people with that crazy "health pass". A passport that you have to carry everywhere to enter almost everywhere-even at the hospital ! Where some people have more rights than others. This is happening everywhere in Europe and the fact that it is so is the justification for all the countries to do the same thing. In Italy and other countries that's working pretty well but in France… not at all. A lot of people are protesting, and more and more each weekend, and I hope that our determination will not decrease until this thing will be removed. I stay hopeful. You can see on YT what the protests look like by searching "manifestations massives contre le pass sanitaire vue aérienne". This is only a view of one of the three protests in Paris. And there are 250 protests around the country every weekend.

[@prabhdeepsingh5642]

Well said

[@Amatureb]

Writing an essay on this subject for school. One thing I think's interesting is that it isn't only the government who can easily see everything you do online, it's also companies. This is something Orwell couldn't imagine when he wrote it, but companies hear everything you say and know so much about you. I remember my brother telling me about a teenage girl who started getting loads of pregnancy test adverts and it turned out she was pregnant. Tiny changes in your behaviour online tell so much about you. It's terrifying.

[@MickeyMousePark]

An important part is that these things you speak of government and companies and the public in general can see what you do online..not through some secret method..most of the information is given willingly through social media...given 10 minutes I can select a person and gather a huge amount of personal information about that person.. I have been in IT (Database designer iis my forte i am involved in all facets of software) for over 40 years.i have been screaming at people to not share their entire life online..but of course no one listened ...and now they are angry that that information is being used against them... A few years back i was part of a software development team that created an app that allows large corporations that are promoting or hiring someone for middle or upper management (including C-Level) to do a complete search on all social media platforms and flag comments or posts they have made that would be concerning to the company..the results of something like this is teens and 20 somethings make an edgy inflammatory posts and then 20 years later they cannot be promoted and are stuck in a low end job... This started in the early days of the internet thinking that you can be anonymous on the internet..that myth was never true from the begining..with the spread of social media millions of people decided to share their private thoughts and daily tasks ..then those same people yell and scream when companies and or the government use that information for targeting or advertising etc.. The story you said about a teen girl is definitely plausible ..with a billions data points companies can make interesting comparisons..lets say a teen girl gets pregnant and after she has the baby of course she talks about it on social media ...a company can take that information and track back 9 months and look at what she was doing online..build a standard profile and anyone that fits that profile online gets hammered with targeted advertising..

[@Cupit29]

That actually sounds really helpful lol

[@John-xr9yf]

As Ben Franklin said, "A Constitutional Republic is a good thing, if you can keep it!" Any government deteriorates with out checks and balances.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

"1984" was required reading in high school for my generation. It was supposed to be a warning. Unfortunately, too many took it as a guide.

[@012345678920855]

And 1984 isn’t even read in schools anymore

[@Dancestar1981]

Because the elites do not want you to know the truth

[@warrenpuckett4203]

Orwell looked behind the curtain. It was not OZ he saw. It was all those who would love to be the next Stalin, Ivan the Terrible or Hitler.

[@FC-qe1wl]

@@warrenpuckett4203 You left out, FDR and LBJ

[@warrenpuckett4203]

@@FC-qe1wl Yes I got a taste of LBJ's Great Society. 24thID 1966 to 1969. I mean really? Why would I want work my way through college? Why would I not want to go play army in the forests of world instead? Dad died in February 1966. My Dad was not too found of FDR either. Also Woodrow Wilson. (Federal Reserve and Income Tax signed into law). I asked somebody working the checkout stand yesterday would you take a federal government check? Answer, NO. Then I handed her a $20 dollar bill. "This is a check drawn on the US Treasury. Each bill is a check with it's own account number AKA a negotiable instrument. There is nothing in the account." It's value is based on the price of crude oil. But you cannot exchange it for crude oil. Gold and Silver certificates remember those?

[@pallabidutta968]

"The destruction of culture and economy is made to look like development". This one hits the bull's eye.

[@samueljones5936]

@Rap Star wtf?

[@karennay5993]

Cancel culture is a prime example of erasing history.

[@ibeatyoutubecircumventingy6344]

@@karennay5993 another George nailed it as hard George Carlin! Political Correctness is Fascism disguised as manners.

[@officialthomasjames]

Biden administration 101

[@noellebazzi5618]

The devil has his ways to decide you with sweet words😅

[@nehamotwani6477]

It's terrifying to see so many themes of this book becoming part of reality in present day. Not knowing what to think, being dependent on the society to guide you with ideas and being so malleable to readily accept them as your own, how accurate all this is playing out.

[@walterhartman3275]

Predictive programming. You've been played.

[@user-zw3bg9vr5g]

One voice against this type of control is not enough. We must all be united in our rejection of totalitarianism. United we stand divided we fall !

[@Cupit29]

Until an authoritarian leader of a nuclear power threatens us. Then we back down immediately out of fear

[@KRLE2582]

"If you have to be persuaded, reminded, bullied, pressured, incentivized, lied to, guilt tripped, coerced, socially shamed, censored, threatened, paid, punished, and criminalized, if all of this is necessary to gain your compliance, you can be absolutely certain what is being promoted is not in your best interest."-

[@yotoland2543]

Truth.

[@simontowells3756]

Coerced by confusion & complexity we all fight on with our old tapes of outwardly corrected convention

[@rayj.5792]

Ptica Nebeska, Heavenly bird, Great comments! I assume you are talking about the actual situation in the US.

[@rayj.5792]

@@karenfloresmorales180 , Ptice Nebeska already gave you the answer in her post: ""If you have to be persuaded, reminded, bullied, pressured, incentivized, lied to, guilt tripped, coerced, socially shamed, ensored, threatened, paid, punished, and criminalized

[@rayj.5792]

Ptica Nebeska, kako si ? cime se bavis ?

[@staceyle2012]

When I first got to the US and started my first year of schooling in the US. My English teacher told us to read "1984" and do a report about it. As a refuge just escaped from communist Vietnam, reading 1984 was a living nightmare. I wrote the report in fear but with high hope that I was in a free country now and it would never happen. I was wrong. We are now living 1984!

[@Growmap]

It is people like you who escaped communist countries that may be able to reach those who now think communism sounds like a good idea. Tell them what it was really like and point out how similar what is going on here is to that. It will get far worse, but at least we know what is coming. Get out of cities and go where people are more self-sufficient and less conditioned to go along with all this.

[@d.i.713]

What are you doing about it? Living in fear?

[@lauraswaffard9097]

ohh

[@guinevereinthefield176]

Yes we need to learn from you. Please continue to speak out, I fear we are heading that way ourselves.

[@afaan11]

Vietnam was nationalism, just backed by the communism to fight the US n French colonies. The North never installed fear, they were clear they want their country back and not being controlled by foreigners and become another Asian colony. Through all the years Vietnam has been invaded by many countries so I understand why nationalism was gaining support. Ask anyone who were forced into war from the colonies in Asia. Everyone are still against US for taking away their families and forced them into that war. The South picked the US side and got false hope and promises like Afghanistan got. History is repeating again. Facts from my own grandparents and parents who fought in the war.

[@andrewadams4795]

I gifted 1984 to many in my family Christmas of 2020. I hoped it would break through their sheep-like behaviour. My efforts success was marginal. I believe that waking up takes time.

[@rozzgrey801]

Most people are too afraid to ever wake up.

[@smorgan125]

I remember reading this in college, having no idea what it was about and wrote a book report on it. That was 20 years ago. Had no idea it would be so prescient today.

[@dorothygiselsson1345]

We sleep walked into 1984 years ago, we just didn't realize it would be dressed up as social media. Big brother really is watching you!

[@couchwarrior2449]

Yes. They not going to enslave us with a neck collar or ankle monitor but with a device that everyone WANTS, and NEEDS, and DESIRES. We will stick our head in the noose willingly and cinch that rope tight with our own hands.

[@johnny4aces410]

Social Media is the equivalent of 1984's "Telescreen". Big Brother are apts like Tic-Toc. Big Brother is the self made purgatory of fools promulgating all the stupid issues that occupy woke adolescents.

[@Jason-TheChad-Muska_circa1995]

There's only one party that wants a massive authoritarian government which wants to infringe on your rights. It's the Democrat Party. Oh and I was one of them for 23 years. But they did not used to be this they used to be the antithesis of what they are now.

[@mick20227]

Well said!

[@cabezadepija7318]

no one is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to create an account in those silly little websites

[@andybytheway]

I found out the other week that my Dad had never read 1984 so I gave him a loan of my copy. Almost as soon as I gave it to him I was like "You know, I should probably read through it again myself", not least because it was seeming to me that this book was looking more and more like a prophecy than a work of fiction the way things are going in the world, so I got a hold of the audiobook and listened to it over the next few days while at work. I think it's too late, I think we are there. I'm not saying it's not worth every bit of effort to fight this shit, it is worth it, but I see no signs of anyone around me taking any notice of what is going on right in front of their nose and when you try and show them what is glaringly obvious if you only pay a tiny bit of attention you are called all sorts of names, insane this, conspiracy theorist that. So sad.

[@fivecylinderperfection5060]

I agree with you, society has slipped into a comatose state and is allowing us all to be drawn into this black hole of totalitarianism. The restrictions being imposed because of a virus, the removal of statues and attempts to rewrite history, the renaming of streets in cities, the mass surveillance of camera's everywhere 'for your safety', and now you must carry electronic certificates on your mobile device. Anyone who can't see the direction this is leading is in denial.

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

@@fivecylinderperfection5060 you in the USA there are 50.000.000 surveillance cameras and in China 200.000.000 what the Hell....

[@xTheyCallMeJohn]

This is how I've felt from the start of all of this, free minds need to come together

[@nostalgiegalerie9436]

@@xTheyCallMeJohn true words, but how?

[@niklasandreasjohnsen5756]

Believe in Jesus Christ and be saved from what's coming

[@johnkew421]

1984 accurately portrays the current China in a nutshell.

[@worldcitizenra]

You are missing the message if you think China is the primary example.

[@binhe6500]

Can you afford a plane ticket Mr keyboard warrior? If yes, you should travel

[@edwardlarkin4279]

Thankyou. It's amazing that even today so many people have not heard of this book. I never had it brought to my attention in all my schooling. I imagine it is ignored in many of our schools today.

[@canoshizrocks]

"Censoring information is called protecting the truth." Oh fuck.

[@gussstavo]

i heard that one............spreading misinformation????

[@censorshipsovietstyle3173]

Three things that can not be hidden for long , The Sun The Moon The Truth

[@chickenlittle7426]

UFOs.

[@lilheckman4305]

Protecting the truth from those who arent allowed to have it.... Cause only the ones in power deserve to know the truth until even they disregard it and forget to protect it cause thas the best way to keep their power.... Cause if nobody knows the truth, nothing will ever change.... The people in power will keep their power and the people who they have power over will never question them or themselves.... And the generations go on

[@lorinking972]

@@censorshipsovietstyle3173 908

[@jonstersmall2716]

When an Economic Elite decides it knows what is best for humanity, that's when you have trouble on your hands, and that's when the battle begins. And that's where we are now.

[@danielcalabrese5769]

Unfortunately that's where we have been for as long as we have been in social groups, the main difference now is that because of the Internet we all see it more clearly now but nothing has changed except our view of said social structure

[@jacquesjtheripper5922]

Yh nerds creeps like gates

[@yga1009]

Unfortunately, this battle will be much more difficult to fight because it’s worldwide. No place to escape, and no foreign army will come to our rescue (or at least fight alongside with us) The solution: people around the world need to wake-up and stand together to protect their freedom.

[@kayzhu74]

Hegemon

[@lts30000]

@@danielcalabrese5769 I believe elete take down the internet soon so they can control It, monopolize it , restricted it ; I mean regulated it for our safety of course.= complete control

[@adnanabdull4h]

This was brilliant. Thank you for your great work.

[@shareurtube]

This is Super Tuesday, 3/5/24 as I watch this video. Like Orwell said, "Don't let this happen. It's up to you."

[@ludoviajante]

I once read something that stuck with me: "It could be worse, but it could also be MUCH better". Unfortunately humanity is doomed to chaos. No system or "leader" should be above criticism. Edit: much love from Brazil!

[@natashamudford4011]

Ever see the movie Brazil? "My complications had complications!" Literal bug in the computer. Ever increasing insanity. Definitely a statement of our day.

[@biancalm999]

Sadly it's part of their playbook! Divide and conquer! They did a great job on the last year, first black versus white, masked vs unmasked and now vaxxed vs unvaxxed it can't get any crazier than this! This humanity is doomed for failure if the sheeps don't open their eyes!🐑🐑

[@vv7299]

the much worse and better phases necessarily alternate.

[@edeliteedelite1961]

Humanity, perhaps... but not You, not Your family, not Your neighborhood, not Your city, not Your country, not Your people.

[@guerillagrace]

@@edeliteedelite1961if only

[@MARedleg]

In an era of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

[@chieee6609]

This... Is so damn true

[@gabrielarchange4680]

Amen

[@christohees9150]

True 👍

[@epicgameplay5072]

Praise God and Jesus Christ

[@kerripendragon4888]

Humans are the only specie that pay money to eat and for a place to stay. How smart is that? Humans are primitive barbaric, greedy, prideful and selfish-not civilized at all!!!

[@user-tl5tt5yw3c]

Thanks for video😊

[@tompsheridantsheridant7354]

My dad, when he was still living, had me read this book 45 years ago; I did not think much of it at the time he had me read it; but now, it makes sense.

[@francescosorrientino3503]

We can discuss the malevolence of our leadership, as we should but if we don't become the change as individuals there will be no change. Workout, eat healthy, buy local, reconnect with our spiritual nature and be kind firm and honorable. Good luck to everyone on this journey. 🙏

[@cellardoor9882]

True story, pointing fingers doesn't do anything. To say it's "their fault", in whatever sense, is completely wrong though it seems right on the first glance

[@JuwanBuchanan]

Sadly most don't even care about the world or anything around them. They don't want to face the realities of the world and are happy being slaves just as long as they can continue to live in their fantasy world. Can't save anything if nobody wants to save themselves.

[@carminetambascia6355]

and don't accept discimination of any sort or compulsory health treatment

[@francescosorrientino3503]

@@JuwanBuchanan very true, which is why it becomes all the more important for those of us who can see a glimpse of the truth to be brave enough to conqure ourselves.

[@juliat.8768]

💗💗💗back at u

[@MemphisBBQ640]

I have a friend who grew up in communist East Germany. One thing that he said to me in passing during a conversation has never left me: "Die politische Landschaft ist ein Kreis." (The political landscape is a circle.") By this, he meant that whether a society starts from the left or the right, if it lurches far enough from individual liberty, the end result is the same--totalitarianism.

[@ColoGrayWolf]

Wisdom.

[@herreule7907]

Danke! ✌🏼That describes it perfectly.

[@47bricklayer]

It is our compliance, not their mandates, that is an existential threat to individual liberty.

[@AmericanDreamer]

@@47bricklayer 💯💯💯

[@penelopeharris3986]

The fact that Trump was voted in as President of thr United States has made many of us mentally ill. The fact that the republican party have joined his insanity is terrifying. We have to fight. Or we are lost.

[@drylooped]

I read this back in 2015 and could see how much things aligned with the world even after the 08 world economic crisis. Which almost feels like it was the moment in which we allowed ourselves to slip into this nightmare.

[@user-rf9ws7hp3e]

Just finished reading 1984. O-M-G 😱 It’s ALL,all of it ,is unfolding right in front of us…and most of us can’t see it. 🤯

[@axelmilan4292]

It's not "becoming reality", we're already in it.

[@akibalan2861]

💯👍

[@lorrie730]

Exactly, because they have people believing men are natural women and women are men, And if you say something different, you're a homophobic

[@TJ28628]

SO TRUE 🙏✊ UNBELIEVABLE 😭😭

[@JohnSmith-yl8sg]

This is exactly PRECISELY what I came here to say

[@Bibben]

Yes, and we can still stop it

[@ronsilk6212]

This is exactly what is going on in America Canada and Europe.

[@marcpaola1371]

Add Australia to that list to. Here in Australia pretty much the whole east coast are looked down in our homes, we can't visit one another, can't work, and are being told the only way out of it is we all have to get vaccinated. Trouble here is that there are far to many buying into it and are doing just that, going along with the fear. They can get the vaccine and jam it up their arse because I won't be taking it.

[@Bob-jn8gt]

This is the Eurasian plan. Infiltration and destruction of the west from within, brick by brick.

[@Bob-jn8gt]

Read “the perestroika deception” by ex KGB agent Anatoliy Golitsyn

[@mattazzopardi2189]

And Australia

[@JamesSmith-cn1vy]

@@marcpaola1371 Agreed, I try to reason or to ask “what would have to happen for you to think the government has gone too far?” Their eyes just glaze over and dismiss any legitimate question as “antivax” like they’ve been trained from the Media

[@ehukai26]

Great job on this video!!

[@McbbMacao]

Hello, i live in Macao, CHINA.

[@craigcarlock5799]

Do you realize how many people think Big Brother is just a "reality" TV show and know nothing about 1984, George Orwell or the danger we are in? This channel and others like it plus the like-minded people who are here watching, are so important to our future! The writing is certainly on the wall...

[@user-ux5mo2ng2c]

now that i read your comment, i realize how cynical that name is and how anybody would like that name for an entertainment show. pretty creepy.

[@agrarianrevolution1259]

The arrival of the TV show with that name was a very bad sign. And a cynical and disturbing form of “entertainment”.

[@lol22332]

I watch it because it is like modern day social bloodsports. A great show of the human spirit of deceit as well as honesty. I dislike the name too because it makes the warning into a reality show and that is one step closer to real reality.

[@MrDeadHead69]

Iv always said that it was The OPENING of The DOOR to the REAL BIG BROTHER as we let Him In our Homes (WHERE) in our TVs!!

[@yannickg6904]

Careful, Gender neutral Non binary older sibling is watching.

[@tanyasydney2235]

Becoming? It's been 1984 for quite a long time, but most could not see it. Now it's impossible to ignore or deny.

[@sscott504]

It definitely became 1984 when they passed out those Obama phones, now the mass were able to be tracked

[@fluffynator6222]

Things that don't happen: TVs aren't CCTVs TVs can be turned off Government propaganda - while existent - is not nearly as prevalent as in 1984 People are allowed to enjoy sexual intercourse Reproduction isn't governmentally encouraged or mandated Facts aren't constantly being changed People aren't snatched up for speaking up against the government Doublethink isn't implemented as a common philosophy People aren't being tortured or brainwashed People aren't being publicly executed There are more than one party Etc. Honestly, the fact that they were capable of pointing out that something is supposedly like 1984, you know it's definitely not true. Because in 1984 the person saying it would be dead.

[@fluffynator6222]

@Polar Desert Okay, let me get this straight: The *lack* of evidence- *is* evidence? Bro, what are you smoking and where can I get it?

[@fluffynator6222]

@Polar Desert So, instead of presenting the evidence you act like I don't see it. The Emperor's new clothes truly are beautiful.

[@fluffynator6222]

@Polar Desert Yes, something that you completely misinterpreted because I'm the "Emperor's new clothes 1984 blood cloth sheeple". But, you know, I didn't present a thesis without supporting it with evidence. You did. So why should I even take you seriously?

[@deborahhalsey9373]

Oh my.. this is happening right now .. people better hurry up and wake up

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@bryanodriscoll2123]

I always considered '1984' one of the most terrifying novels I have ever read. It's terrifying because it precisely describes the mentality of the elites who actually control our societies at present. They really want to create a world like the one described in the book, modified by the technology that is now available but which didn't exist in Orwell's time.

[@Fred-kz5xh]

Also scary is that Hillary Clinton has said that 1984 is her favorite book. More of a how-to book for her.

[@everythingwonderfully]

It was so terrifying to me that I wasn't able to complete it. It was terrifying to imagine such a hopeless world. Unfortunately, it's all coming true.

[@hhdgdhum]

They can't bring their dystopian ambitions to fruition unless ppl comply, en masse. Unfortunately they're dumbing ppl down, ensnaring ppls' minds and lives to comply.

[@glennmccudden8574]

ABSOLUTELY TRUE TECHNOLOGY HAS TOTALLY BRAIN WASH PEOPLE . FOR SURE. I TRY TO TALK ABOUT . THIS TOPIC AND THINK I'M INSANE. THE BIG CLUB AND KLAUSE BLOB. AND ALL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOW IN ON IT. THE NORM ARE REALLY IN TROUBLE. NONE THINKING PEOPLE.. AND FAMILIES WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE. THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID 19 WAS A SMALL TASTE. OF WHAT GOING TO HAPPEN. IN AUSTRALIA. THE POLICE WERE. PURE FASCIST . TREATING PEOPLE CLOSING SHOPS AND BIZZNESS. LOCKING FAMILY S IN DOORS LIKE ANIMALS . POLITICIANS LOVED THE POWER LIKE THE BASTARDS THEY ARE SCOFFING SPITTING LIKE PIGS IN POWER. DISGRACE . MR F WIT KLAUS GOT A BOOK CALLED COVID 19 THE GREAT RESET. TO SET UP A SOCIETY. WITH NOTHING. LIKE CHINA THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE POWER LIKE THE POLICE AND ARMYS AND NOW MUSK AND HIS HAPPY AI ROBOTS. TO ALSO KEEP THE MASSES UNDER CONTROL. BUT MORE POWERFUL THESE. ROBOTS STRONG AND VERY INTELLIGENT THAN ANY HUMMAN. . DESTROY EVERY ONE WHO GETS IN THERE WAY. FUCKEN DANGEROUS. MUSK HAS SAID THIS . IN PUBLIC. SO HE CREATED A TECHNOLOGAL FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER. HE KNOWS HE DONE A EVIL THING. TO MAN KIND. HE CALLS IT PROGRESS. I CALL IT ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ON MAN KIND. LIKE THE TERMENATOR BUT REAL. THE ROBOTS ARE ALREADY THINKS TALKS AND DESTROY EVERY THING NOW. THERE WAS A ROBOT ARE YOU LISTEN ING CARE FULLY NOW. THINK. THAT KILLED 26 PEOPLE . ONE ROBOT. IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL. IVE SEEN THE ARMY EXPERMENTING ON THEM. THEY TRIED EVERY ON THEM GUNS HAMMERS REALLY TREATING THEM AS ROUGH TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY COULD TAKE . THEY TOOK PUNISHMENT . LIKE WATER OF A. DUCKS BACK. GO LOOK IT UP. ON ROBOTS LOOSING CONTROL. . DEFINITELY PART OF. 1984 AND YOU THINK THE ROBOT ON LOST IN SPACE WAS BAD . LIKE IT USED TO SAY WARNING WARNING BECAUSE ITS HAPPEN ING RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES AND YOU THINK. I'M FUCKING .CRAZY. BEWARE THE IRON JAW IN 1984. BOWIE DIAMOND DOGS ALBUM 1974. GO LISTEN TO IT. AND READ THE LYRICS HE LOVED GEORGE ORWELLS BOOK OF TRUTH I THINK GOD PROPHECY THROUGH HIM. OR A INCREDIBLE MIND OF A GENIUS. WAKE UP NOW MY FRIENDS . WE HAVE MORE POWER THAN THEM. TO DEFEAT THIS EVIL. AND DARK TIMES ITS A PISSED OFF NIGNT FROM ME. DON'T FORGET THE TRUE THINKERS KNOW THIS. BUT THERE WILL BE SHEEP . AND THEY WILL SLAUGHTER FIRST. UNLESS THEY GET US FIRST. OR BE CRUSHED BY ROBOTS.

[@ozten-fj6pe]

I know grown men and women who still believe that 19 men simultaneously killed themselves and 7 buildings mysteriously collapsed all in 1 day… 😂

[@mjay8055]

I have developed an immeasurable amount of disappointment in our species lately

[@cort-egsk8975]

That’s easy to do. How do proceed to make it better

[@zach1208]

@@cort-egsk8975 become better. Become an example

[@cort-egsk8975]

@@zach1208 I agree, I believe there is a collective consciousness where all our deeds , thoughts , and actions come to roost. I think becoming the example is the number 1 thing we can do. What does becoming the example mean to you?

[@zach1208]

@@cort-egsk8975 to me, becoming the example for others would to be selfless, and honest. Strong for others when they are weak, and uplifting when others are down. Fear and hatred rule this world. Be the opposite

[@AccentYouLovingheart]

No joke! So full of fear yet angry.

[@duanegriffin3480]

Spot on, my friend. Well done.

[@tonygreen6185]

Orwell was so close to his dystopian vision being correct in 2022, you could argue he was a time traveller. Orwell covered everything.

[@ik1408]

The best way to predict the future is to manufacture it. The capitalistic Lords told you upfront via Orwell what they were going to do to you. In satanistic organizations, telling people what will be done to them and receiving no real opposing response from the people means that the people give their consent to what the satanistic organizations are going to do to the people.

[@tonygreen6185]

@@dfar2303 yes.. he only called it 1984 as he first wrote it in 1948.

[@Critical.J]

No time travel needed when you have the future plans at your finger tips. George Orwell was part of the ruling elite, same as Huxley.

[@tonygreen6185]

@@Critical.J ruling elite? A highly perceptive man yes, but exclaim his connection to the cabal of globalists at that time.

[@mshell1959]

But he did so by seeing the past as well.

[@ECHON51991]

“We are all equal, but some are more equal than others” that quote from Animal Farm resounds in my head every time I think about the political and social state of United States.

[@bdfwhhsb]

Don’t worry. The kind of authoritarian control that Orwell was concerned about isn’t part of our reality in the free world. We’re, luckily, still miles away from that. Is there things to be concerned about in our reality, that are also things Orwell warned about ? Absolutely - the level of surveilance we are all under is very close to what Orwell feared, and it’s exactly as dangerous as he feared. Some would argue that it’s not the same because it’s private companies that are doing the surveilance - but I don’t agree. It doesn’t matter who is watching you, if you’re being watched that is already bad. Nor can they make the usual “in capitalism every transaction is mutually beneficial” response because there is no transaction, we are not the customer, we are being turned into the product. And finally, since they are all too happy to sell access to the data to anybody who will pay (that’s why they collect it), the government can always just buy their own access, so you’re being watched by the government as well anyway. It’s interesting that they’ve made significant efforts to try and avoid ever handing data over under a court-order or warrant, for example by storing everyone’s data in a different jurisdiction to where that person lives. I’m an incurable cynic about rich people - I don’t believe they did that out of any concern for privacy - they ARE the reason we don’t have any - they did that, because they want governments to have to BUY access to what they surveiled, not get it for free under a warrant. They just didn’t like having to give away their product without getting paid. We may not be living in Orwell’s reality as I stated - but if anything could get us there, products like Alexa is what will. A temporary stay-at-home situation due to a pandemic ? Nah. Societies have dealt with things like this for literally thousands of years, quarantine orders date back to plague outbreaks in the middle ages. The first stay-at-home order in America was issued under the very first congress and signed by President Washington when then capitol Philadelphia lost half it’s population in a cholera outbreak. Nah, COVID-19 is not Orwell’s reality - it’s very far removed from it. Being constantly observed by companies that do not have our best interests at heart, now THAT is straight out of 1984. It’s far from enough to say that we’re in that reality, but it’s a dangerous step in that direction.

[@jaredwilliams2357]

@@bdfwhhsb @@bdfwhhsb Agree with everything you said, but I'd like to point out on top of what you said that the reason people are so afraid of being "on the road" to 1984, rather than de facto existing currently, is a moot point. Because once you hit a certain point of going down that road, it's impossible to stop the inevitable. What would be the point of waiting until you actually are in 1984 and THEN trying to do something about it? I remind anyone reading this that 1984 didn't have a happy ending

[@userhome3601]

"Never trust a man who says, 'Trust me.'"

[@amandadonegan2137]

@Joseph M...think you missed whats going on somehow...we are ALREADY in 1984 type Orwellian control 🙄🙄

[@mariusmax]

Exactly, I think in this days we live a mix of "Animal Farm", "1984" and "The Brave New World".

[@jimmy_Korea_Korean_Issues]

Thanks for sharing this

[@usewisdom2]

Thank you for this synopsis of his book. Its very well done and easy for the youth to understand.

[@mamborambo]

Living in HK in 2021, I can only say, 1984 is a book that every living person who loved freedom must read, and memorize its warnings.

[@Bobotheclown98]

Goodbye secular independent Hong Kong. Welcome totalitarian China control.

[@JimBananas]

Good luck, I wish we could help but apparently we can do nothing...

[@ibeatyoutubecircumventingy6344]

@@JimBananas England full of false promises knew this was going too happen in Hong Kong.

[@JimBananas]

@@ibeatyoutubecircumventingy6344 I think that the theory was that by making China the factory of the world the CCP would lose control and the people would install democracy. It came close but the Tiananmen square protest was crushed and the West couldn't or wouldn't help. It won't be long though, if the CCP try taking over Taiwan then HK will be freed.

[@JimBananas]

@@ibeatyoutubecircumventingy6344 And you should blame China not the UK for breaking the agreement.

[@hamletgiragosian6147]

"Manufactured fear". That's what he said. Don't forget that.

[@LA67895]

like covid is doing

[@jeffspicoli8363]

What did you guys think Trump was lying to you about demonrats and the new world commie order? But orange man bad am i right 🙃

[@redhedhik-chik2510]

Sounds like what God said: they will believe a lie.

[@hamletgiragosian6147]

@McFlickers “Manufactured” implies that it’s man-made for the purpose of mass manipulation. That’s the connotation.

[@sgarrett9446]

@McFlickers No, but no need to join others in fear just to conform/fit in, and then allow that fear (and all its offspring) to block reason and logical action, but here we go anyway~

[@toddkurzbard]

In my youth ('70's and '80's), one of my school reading assignments was "1984". To me it was just another book I didn't care about that I'd have to write a report about. If I remember correctly, I just skimmed over little spots of what I felt was a boring book, and never even read the last 15 pages. I am now 60. I look back and truly regret not reading it, processing it mentally, and taking it to heart back then. I look at the world we have today, and I'm SO sorry and regretful I so casually dismissed it back then. Outside my window IS "1984". Orwell was right; he just had the date wrong. I was so regretful, I made it a point to get a copy all these decades later. I want to have it, to read the living example of what this world has actually become. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

[@mljrotag6343]

Becoming? We are here already.

[@PRH123]

We don't hear much about 1984 anymore. Back in the day we liked it because we thought it was about other countries whom we didn't like. Now that we are living it, so many would prefer we just forget about that book.

[@pm9716]

Everyone should go out and buy it

[@gay_spiritual]

Very unnerving indeed

[@fuzzypanda1684]

Of course they don't want anyone reading 1984, it's play for play the modern lefts playbook. Everything mentioned in this video is exactly what the left is doing today. If too many people read 1984 they'll see that and maybe dare to have dissenting opinions.

[@PRH123]

@@fuzzypanda1684 has little to do with “left” and “right”…. the oppressive surveillance state is an entity unto itself…

[@Hunter_Nebid]

1984 has always been meant as a warning, not a critique.

[@captainhaddock6435]

We have a curious mixture of Orwell and Huxley. The consumerism, hedonism and self-afflicted technological and medial dependency of the latter one combined with the methods of surveillance and oppression of the first one.

[@alexharris2495]

Spot on

[@carminetambascia6355]

and "scientologism" as new "religion", one is sick till prove the opposite

[@Napoleonwilson1973]

Yep

[@jahmusicmansionwhererealre3920]

They’ve done a video on both a good while ago.. and zw

[@alannothnagle]

Mix Orwell and Huxley and you get Ray Bradbury‘s „Fahrenheit 451“, a story for the age we all live in.

[@cat-yz2ew]

Wow! Thanks!

[@TheSpecialJ11]

I'm afraid we're making a nice dystopia stew, mixing elements of 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451. And by only doing a portion of each, people point and say "Look, it's not *just* like 1984. We're okay."

[@rozzgrey801]

There's also a heapin' helpin' of the paranoid fears of Philip K Dick here as well. Everything is starting to look like it's faked in some way.

[@brewskibrew986]

“I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees”

[@mysticcity312]

I'd rather have covid and dont get treatment then getting the vax

[@standupp7147]

@@mysticcity312 Have you driven your car this week? "I'd rather risk getting into a fatal car accident where I might kill others than walk or ride my bicycle." Life is risky. You choose to take risks every day that could get you or others killed. Would you want to be FORCED our shamed into riding your bicycle rather than driving your car because doing so would lessen risk?

[@wuhu9980]

The past is dead, the future is unimaginable

[@creedmccray7740]

If people cannot see that this is happening right now then they're too far gone thanks for sharing this video

[@markdemell8056]

I thought the same. I am giving up trying to open eyes and minds ,most just laugh and mock. Halleluyah!

[@creedmccray7740]

@@markdemell8056 well said I totally agree 👍

[@47bricklayer]

Eat, drink and be merry, for soon we die.

[@creedmccray7740]

Everybody passes away we're on the Lord's time but pray that your soul goes to the right place

[@47bricklayer]

@@creedmccray7740 Being ready to die changes what one is willing to put up with just to stay alive. Give me liberty, or give me death.

[@RayTuttle-of5qd]

When I was in high school we read 1984 as a class I doubt that’s happened in a very long time most people today don’t even know who George Orwell was

[@freedomofchoice1911]

This is a book that should be mandatory reading today. Kind of reminds me of what is going on now all around us everything he is saying

[@billdimasi3675]

It's amazing and scary how much of what Orwell wrote has come true.

[@jstravelers4094]

Like wild dogs. Eager to follow their master who abandons them. But again, just like dogs. All is forgiven "Just tell us what to do"

[@aripapermaster8047]

Yep. And the sad thing is trumps supporters ate it all up

[@tanewby3861]

Welll he did lay it out for them to follow

[@mauriciomendoza3682]

@@aripapermaster8047 what does Trump have to do with anything? Democrat or republican this was planned to happen. Fuck parties we should unite for the USA and the constitution.

[@Honorablebenaiaha]

Trump was trying to destroy democracy, very thankful he lost the election.

[@nancybaumgartner6774]

I am surprised “1984” doesn’t violate KZbin community standards .

[@AdamantSeraph]

Right...soon we will be surprized that is simply not censored

[@jstravelers4094]

It will be banned if trump gets back into office

[@brianpreston8483]

@@jstravelers4094 really? Pelosi is the biggest communist

[@ericaguilar6568]

@@brianpreston8483 lmao do you even know what communism is? Or do you just call everyone you don’t like a communist

[@brianpreston8483]

@@ericaguilar6568 yep

[@RuthAParra]

Crazy how all this reflects what's happening today😮

[@mersaultal3325]

It's kind of a mind-blowing content right here. This video is a real eye-opener, it tells and draws parallels between our current society and the dystopian world of 1984. It showcases how totalitarian regimes instill mass fear and maintain control over citizens through force, propaganda, and surveillance. The constant monitoring of citizens, the culture of suspicion and mistrust, and the manipulation of information have created a state of confusion and disorientation. This video is nothing short of a wake-up call, and Winston's story in "1984" serves as a timely warning against the dangers of totalitarianism. The bottom line is we must remain vigilant against the encroachment of totalitarianism and fervently defend the principles of truth, freedom, and individual autonomy. Or at least try to…

[@oscarscott3232]

“The one that can make you believe an absurdity can make you commit an atrocity.” Voltaire

[@specialteams5092]

Dang.

[@varrantgreen4259]

Sounds like the stop the steal inserection on the 6th

[@5673hfueb]

@@varrantgreen4259 🤦‍♀️

[@varrantgreen4259]

@@5673hfueb I take it you're a victim of trumps big lie? He's a selfish man that can't admit loss because he was given everything his whole life. When he lost he had a temper tantrum. That's what happens to spoiled brats that never get told no.

[@capitalism2557]

@@varrantgreen4259 قرفص.

[@scubatron4085]

This gave me goosebumps. This is exactly what's happening around the world and sadly even in the United States

[@DisentDesign]

almost like some kind of New World Order...weird.

[@jeffspicoli8363]

Very astute

[@fernandocuriel124]

Yes, It's very unfortunately.

[@amandakuykendall2911]

@@DisentDesign It IS a new world order attempting to be established.

[@gussstavo]

your account has been suspended for spreading misinformation and hate speech, also get the vaccine and show proof you have been vaxed or you will have no social life

[@anadmirer8789]

I work at a private high school which uses an app downloaded on the student’s own smartphones to track them when they leave the classroom. Tell me again how 1984 isn’t already here!

[@star1mist]

I remember the movie CLASS OF 84 Some stuff we don't seem to talk about in this 2023 calender year. Love and Light 💜💫🙏🏽

[@BlessedForever888]

“The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink” ― George Orwell, 1984

[@Nagirdnal]

Just like Planned Parenthood is all about abortions and Antifa are all about fascism. They are using 1984 as a playbook.

[@BlessedForever888]

@@Nagirdnal and CRT is just plain old racism

[@Nagirdnal]

@@BlessedForever888 Facts. The evil ones sugar coat every piece of shit they try to force upon us.

[@dnr2089]

@@BlessedForever888 What is CRT?

[@ronkozlowski8169]

@@Nagirdnal 1984 can be brought back to the roman empire and further back. They had spies every where. You think this is new?

[@logosrising865]

Orwell wrote this in the 1948. It's been required reading in so many schools worldwide. And yet, here we are.

[@danscott3880]

Actually it was written in 1948. He reversed the the last 2 numbers 1948 ..1984

[@consciousgentile5141]

The Bible predicted everything 2,000 years ago. And yet, here we are

[@logosrising865]

@@danscott3880 you're right. Changed it. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@julianbrown7976]

Some people seem to have used it as a blueprint.

[@consciousgentile5141]

@@INYB irrelevant. We weren't there. We don't know if the story was real, or allegory. However, Biblical prediction of today's Beast System is 100% accurate.. 😏

[@rhondadavison6602]

Ase' Thanks from Gulfport Mississippi.👋🏾

[@RootlessNZ]

It's almost as if in Europe there's been a collapse of memory. Have French, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian and other Europeans forgotten what happened during the Soviet, Fascist and Nazi eras? 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", George Santayana.

[@firecloud77]

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." --George Orwell "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." --George Orwell

[@loganw1232]

Social media has become the new party

[@kentuckyjohnson7394]

The earth is flat

[@susanmattinglyhatfield9036]

Try said, "What you're seeing and hearing is not what's happening". Sounded familiar. Glad he lost.

[@SPQR7117]

@@susanmattinglyhatfield9036 Fools like you are the reason we are in this utter mess today. You were literally told to what to believe by the media elites, and you lot bought it hook, line & sinker. ALL of it has been proven to be the steaming pile of -shit- *lies* that it is. I live in deep blue, "progressive" Portland, Oregon. More and more people here are regretting voting for the barely-there venal house plant that's currently in Office today. No sane person can sit here and defend this administration with a straight face. Its pathetic, empty-headed buffoonery of the highest order. Biden is a venal, corrupt old politician who's masquerading as a moderate but actually acting as a trojan horse for radical extremist policy. That's what this presidency is and he's demonstrating it daily. He’s a joke. He’s the face of a decaying authoritarian bureaucracy that wants to control every aspect of your life while celebrating itself.

[@sanicishere7295]

@@kentuckyjohnson7394 nah, it's clearly cubical

[@Abba-1939]

Orwell’s 1984 was a book I read in high school. The amazing mind of George Orwell was, in my opinion, far more advanced for that time period. It’s almost like he travelled through time to now and wrote the book after returning to the 1940’s. It s scary what is happening in our world today.

[@MK-ih6wp]

You should read Neil Postman. He compares today's world against the dystopias described by Huxley & Orwell.

[@dougbrowne9890]

Orwell had first hand experience with the communism he speaks of in Nineteen Eighty-four, during his time in Spain, fighting on the Republican side in their civil war. It was that experience that led him (a renowned socialist) to write Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm.

[@CaptZdq1]

@@MK-ih6wp I only read a few quotes by Postman but I gather he says Brave New World is what we live in and not 1984, but it's actually both, and he's too fixated on condemning this or that 'distraction' or entertainment, when entertainment is a normal thing. The fact that it's been hijacked in the last few decades by perverse and insane people so that now it has no sensibilities and is saturated with everything gross and graphic should be what we should be condemning. Also, that lack of sensibilities is a reflection of society in the past few decades, which has been hijacked by the same people, the extreme left, which is most of the left, which has radicalized and desensitized society, so the abuse of those who oppose tyrany, plutocracy, and conspiracies is not very surprising.

[@thedude6151]

It was basically the holocaust with more technology. Not very futuristic, just history repeating itself.

[@ruthegan8524]

If I were not a Christian, I would despair. But I know that "greater is He that is in me, than is in the world."

[@dwarghame4761]

Orwell did not predict, he knew from the inside. He's just telling about the plan that he knew, not calculating probabilities.

[@clintonmanchesterjr3523]

Really weird that our founding fathers also saw the future and came up with our constitution and Bill of rights.

[@crosscat1]

And, yet, our current administration doesn't want to follow the constitution and bill of rights.

[@AvalonDreamz]

This is truly horrifying and I see all of this taking place in reality more and more. When I was a teen in the 90's the whole idea of adopting any kind of label was just not happening, we rejected it. Todays youth not only loves labels but will make up more to tack on to themselves like standing out and being unique or an individual is wrong somehow. It is the craziest shit to watch take place. The hivemind mentality they possess also is mind boggling to me. Truth, facts, reality can not be "subjective" for any society to succeed. And believing something just because someone with more money or a higher position says so, is insanity.

[@wendypollock8168]

Hive mind mentality? Oh, you mean how 74 million people think Trump was sent by god? Or the millions that believed everything written on a blog site by a random stranger who went by the name "Q"?

[@jff1073]

What are you talking about? Labels definitely existed in the 90s. Maybe you personally didn't use labels, but that doesn't mean that nobody was. More than that, labels usually exist to describe an experience someone is already having. E.g. I was bi before I labeled myself as bisexual, in the same way, a heterosexual is attracted to the "opposite" gender even if they don't label themselves as straight specifically. A label exists to describe an experience that is already taking place.

[@JesusSavesTheLostBrokenConfuse]

break down me, get the women then the children

[@zeldaharris6876]

@@jff1073 That is not what she is referring to. I am a female. I don't go around declaring myself to be a female and demanding to special treatment or all females (probably a bad example!). What is an item you sit on - a "chair" that is a 'label" so yes labels, if you want to use that term, have always existed. What we have now are people creating labels based on feelings, or world view, rather than actual differences and demanding special treatment and that everyone accept of their 'label'. They vilify any person who won't conform to their ideas. That is not on.

[@jff1073]

@@zeldaharris6876 Again, many of these labels have existed since the 90s and before. And again, labels based on intangible things (religious, pacifist, extrovert, geek, for example) have existed since forever.

[@PJ-ns6um]

“Being in a minority, even a minority of one, does not make you mad. There is truth and there is untruth, and if you cling to the truth even against the whole world, you are not mad.” -George Orwell “1984”

[@Lucy-mf5gk]

Love that!

[@Galvvy]

Truth is the end of slavery, which is why so many free men have died for it.

[@afterlife101spirit]

“In an insane world, a sane man must appear insane.” Alien 3.

[@muneebiqbal5584]

Cling to truth against the whole world and you will be made to feel mad... That's when you know it is near.

[@samugote]

Try this aspect of history if you haven't watched it already. Wait for the end. www.bitchute.com/playlist/hmv3AI5oVvJm/

[@debshaw2490]

If you haven t read this book do it now!!!!!This guy had such forsight to see whats happening today

[@GinaTaglioli-vi5pn]

Stand strong America.....hopefully the freedoms we have enjoyed will continue!! Always remember what IS RIGHT vs. What IS WRONG as taught from our founders & good parenting!!❤🤞🙏🙏

[@PaulGillooly1]

This might be the best KZbin channel in the world in terms of logical assessment of current events

[@sundaywhiterabbit7679]

I agree. I love this channel

[@djfmitv]

I second that - very good analysis :)

[@keyakaabag6017]

I can’t disagree to the short and simple analysis. It’s actually happening. Now no books on paper, all digital. All carefully planned!

[@Dan-ud8hz]

“If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.” - George Orwell, Collected Essays Vol. 1 p. 289

[@keyakaabag6017]

@@Dan-ud8hz meaning - there is only 1 winner

[@colintosh5417]

I would say definitely we were warned about this years ago and nobody cared, apathy is a really dangerous thing, remember the quote 'evil is allowed to happen when good people do nothing'

[@PoetrybyDeborah]

Humanity now pays the price for our apathy and complacency. Most have put trust in all the wrong places. Sad to watch what we have come to. It disturbs me greatly that few are standing up against this!

[@nicolajirving]

@@PoetrybyDeborah What can we do?

[@nicolajirving]

@Anna Maric What should we do?

[@JOHNSMITH-ug2mt]

What can we do?, What should we do?...start by asking questions knowing your not gonna get the truth. LOGIC!...A male is a Male, and a Female is a female, Up is up, Down is down, etc. Never, ever, ever, trust the police, they are not your friend, they work for the state. Never answer their questions...EVER! TURN THE TV OFF! These are just a few things you can do...I have and do many things for peaceful freedom. KNOWLEGE IS KEY!

[@moshoeshoemokaloba9613]

Too much division and distractions, only a few who see what's going on care.

[@samaajsevak]

This is happening in India today. Please make this video available in Indian languages, especially Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam, Punjabi and Assamese. Save democracy in India!

[@alexandraasbury9974]

I was blessed enough to have a great high school Lit teacher who made this poignant book part of required reading. I never thought this might be what I could one day experience. It could be that this book was only off, prematurely, by just a few decades. BTW, Animal Farm's a pretty decent story, too.

[@Stukkeman]

This is why studying history is so important… studying history as though it’s about me… because it is!

[@dang7748]

I like this if I look at it like this it’s much easier to be interested

[@Stukkeman]

@@dang7748 thanks! I must admit that I didn’t have that much interest in history until I saw it this way

[@jimmyg7863]

@@Stukkeman any other youtube vids you recommend? Thanks

[@llsotka6211]

In the book, they re-wrote history so the masses wouldn't know that life use to be a lot better. Now days, they tear down statues so the masses won't know how far we have come.

[@Stukkeman]

@@jimmyg7863 Hey Jimmy, I recommend this video … I think it might be worth a look, as well as the channel it’s part of, as many of the videos include historical research and attributions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmrQkpSLlreHaq8

[@marco78397]

There are two tier of society: "aware people" and "unaware people". Unfortunately today, mostly people around the world is "unaware", otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible all that is happening.

[@jessicaderosa9625]

And that unware became dangerous for the other group

[@tassosplatis2143]

@@jessicaderosa9625 yet the unaware believe the aware are dangerous to them...

[@danielbadger2641]

@@tassosplatis2143 or the unaware believe they themselves are of the “aware” group.

[@bboschboi]

There is a spectrum of awareness not a binary, and to add another layer of complexity many are both on different subject matters.

[@DW-dd4iw]

There's a "don't care" group too!

[@danniellearmitage1976]

I was advised too watch this . And everything im hearing rn .. has me thinking wasnt I thinking this years ago as a child . And it's never left me the thought . 😮

[@geekvinos]

Freedom... Many people prioritize money for their lives. Some put family at the top of the list. Others maybe enjoy new tech gadgets and video games and orientate themselves that way. But, if you value Freedom, *true FREEDOM, you look within yourself, and don't externalize your validation. i.e. 'I might lose my job if I don't do (insert reason)'... **I'm prepared to lose it! if I don't approve of (insert reason!)** Edit: As you pursue your proclivities, your life begins to take shape. Certain actions reinforce others. A common thread begins to weave its way, connecting the moments and events of your life. All of your decisions influence whether there is a firm scaffolding that supports your modus operandi or a house of cards that comes tumbling down once the jack boots begin their march. I try to think about the core wisdom that comes from powerful philosophical thought, I reflect on the human condition over the course of centuries, then I remove all the bells and whistles of modernity from clouding my perceptions