[dancc]

Have you read 1984? It's quite useful for discussing the state of the real world.

[watwut]

And again, none of it ever happened and it is a work of fiction. It is warning of what might happen, it is a political point author is making.

But, none of that stuff happened. It is not how real world oppressions play out in real world. And that is not even criticism, I like that book a lot. I just dont treat it as something factual.

[aquariusDue]

I'd also recommend Fahrenheit 451, it seems more in tune with the current social media and entertainment landscape.

[bsenftner]

"Brave New World" is what happened, while we all feared "1984".

[cultureswitch]

The parallels between real life and Brave New World are positively uncanny.

Even the demographic dynamics of the real world suggest that we're on the path to a state-driven reproductive system.