Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985) contrasted the striking differences between Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World. But don't forget what the major similarity they shared.
Debating which was more accurate or prophetic misses the fact that they were both right. Collectivists come in many gussies, and use either Orwellian or Huxley tactics to manipulate the populace simultaneously.
The rash of Cannabis legalization for recreational purposes pretty much proves that Huxley was more accurately predictive of the future than Orwell, although not by much.
Huxley won the argument against Orwell. Orwell feared the hamhanded iron fist of the communists which collapsed under the hubris of their centralized planning. We have been seduced by the globopedo elitists and their fascistic crony capitalism to live in 15 minute mousetopian cities, consume Netfix, and to surrender our meat for soy and bugs.
Debating which was more accurate or prophetic misses the fact that they were both right. Collectivists come in many gussies, and use either Orwellian or Huxley tactics to manipulate the populace simultaneously.
The rash of Cannabis legalization for recreational purposes pretty much proves that Huxley was more accurately predictive of the future than Orwell, although not by much.
Huxley won the argument against Orwell. Orwell feared the hamhanded iron fist of the communists which collapsed under the hubris of their centralized planning. We have been seduced by the globopedo elitists and their fascistic crony capitalism to live in 15 minute mousetopian cities, consume Netfix, and to surrender our meat for soy and bugs.
Neither of them wrote Science Fiction - they just needed a vehicle to expose what their "friends" were up to.