Post by twetch#271

1Khcgq…SyPR Key · twetch

"But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think."

What the chain says
Block
668 276
Time
2021-01-02T19:53:24Z
Signer
1Khcgq6SPMRgN1PX8EzdLg3h33KDW8SyPR
App
twetch
Type
post
Content type
text/plain
Name in tx
twetch#271

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Replies (4)

1Gwece…AV6R Key · twetch
Replying to@1Khcgq…SyPR

If I remember correctly, Huxley thought that people will be chemically encouraged to love their slavery.

19cdUi…WFET Key · twetch
Replying to@1Khcgq…SyPR

In Huxley's world people wouldn't burn books because they simply didn't read them at all.

1RFCNq…wMyr Key · twetch
Replying to@1Khcgq…SyPR

"Ignorance is bliss"...until the inevitable.

14K8ph…5Leu Key · twetch
Replying to@1Khcgq…SyPR

Escape from Freedom, Erich Fromm.

We just replace oppression until we engage creative man, or something like that.