Good afternoon, everyone!
I recently reread 1984. Years ago I tried to read it, but it didn’t really click. Now it feels very different. It’s striking how close to reality a novel written in the last century can feel today.
In the novel, George Orwell describes a world of total control. Screens in every home watching you. An «eye» 👁️ you cannot escape. At first it seems exaggerated, almost impossible. But then you look around and realize how much of our lives is already monitored, tracked, and shaped by information.
«War is Peace»
«Freedom is Slavery»
«Ignorance is Strength»
These slogans sound absurd 🤯 And yet, when you think about how language is sometimes used in the modern world, they do not feel entirely fictional anymore.
In my personal opinion, parts of this novel strongly resemble certain authoritarian regimes that already exist today. In some countries, this system is not dystopian fiction. It feels very real.
If you have not read it, I highly recommend it.
If you have, do you notice similarities with the world we are living in now?
