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Tag Archives: George Orwell
Orwell knew: we willingly buy the screens that are used against us
By Henry Cowles Source: Aeon Sales of George Orwell’s utopian novel 1984 (1949) have spiked twice recently, both times in response to political events. In early 2017, the idea of ‘alternative facts’ called to mind Winston Smith, the book’s protagonist and, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, internet freedom, media, police state, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged 1984, Authoritarianism, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, George Orwell, police state, Sarah Igo, Smartphones, Social Media, Sociology, Sophia Rosenfeld, surveillance state, technology, Telescreens, TV
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OUR NEW, HAPPY LIFE? THE IDEOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
By Charles Eisenstein Source: Waking Times In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the protagonist, Winston, seems to notice that … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Environment, Health, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged 1984, Agriculture, Developing Nations, Dystopia, Economics, empathy, George Orwell, Global South, happiness, Health Care, Humanity, Literacy, Nicholas Kristof, Progress, science, Sick Care, Statistics, Stephen Pinker, technology, Third World
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How The Guardian Fulfills George Orwell’s Prediction of ‘Newspeak’
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation On Sunday April 15th, Britain’s Guardian bannered “OPCW inspectors set to investigate site of Douma chemical attack” and pretended that there was no question that a chemical attack in Douma Syria on April 7th had … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Chemical Weapons, corporate media, Dystopia, East Ghouta, empire, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, Newspeak, OPCW, propaganda, regime change, Russia, Syria, The Guardian, UN, war
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Whose Dystopia Is It Anyway?
Reason writers debate which fictional dystopia best predicted our current moment. By Mike Riggs, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Todd Krainin, Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Robby Soave, Eric Boehm, Christian Britschgi, Peter Suderman & Brian Doherty Source: Reason With social media platforms seemingly … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, media, society, Sociology
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Back to the Future II, Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Dystopi, Edgar Allan Poe, Ender's Game, Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell, Love in the Ruins, Neal Stephenson, Orson Scott Card, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Robert Zemeckis, Science fiction, Sleeper, Snow Crash, Speculative Fiction, Terry Gilliam, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, The Past Through Tomorrow, Walker Percy, Woody Allen
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Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans
(Editor’s note: on this 36th anniversary of the passing of Philip K. Dick, it seems an appropriate time to note the relevance of his work to our current dystopia as Henry Farrell does in the following essay. Unfortunately the author … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Conspiracy, culture, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Empire, Hackers, media, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Algorithms, automation, big data, Consciousness, Dystopia, Fake News, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, PKD, politics, propaganda, Reality, sci-fi, Science fiction, Social Media, Sociology, technology
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Freedom Is a Myth: We Are All Prisoners of the Police State’s Panopticon Village
“We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche…. As long as … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, conditioning, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, History, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged 1984, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Deep State, Dystopia, George Orwell, Government, group think, Jeff Sessions, mass marketing, Michel Foucault, Neil Postman, panopticon, Patrick McGoohan, Philosophy, police state, surveillance state, The Prisoner, Totalitarianism, weaponization
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Our Protected, Predatory Oligarchy: Dirty Secrets, Dirty Lies
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds If you want to understand why the status quo is unraveling, start by examining the feudal structure of our society, politics and economy. The revelations coming to light about Hollywood Oligarch Harvey … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Empire, History, Inequality, Law, media, news, propaganda, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, Whistleblowers
Tagged Bill Clinton, Corruption, Daniel Ellsberg, Establishment, George Orwell, Harvey Weinstein, hollywood, Injustice, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Power Elites, propaganda, Serfs, Status Quo
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As Babies are Prescribed Pharmaceuticals, Have We Reached Dystopia?
By Joe Jarvis Source: The Daily Bell Would you let a five-year-old smoke a joint? I certainly hope not. Yet that would probably be less harmful than loading kids up on pharmaceuticals. Currently, over a million American children UNDER SIX … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, conditioning, consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, education, Health, media, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1984, Aldous Huxley, Big Brother, Big Pharma, Brave New World, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Education, Fluoride, George Orwell, Over-medication, Pharmaceuticals, propaganda, Public Health, social control, society, Soma
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