A 1984 related question?

Question

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that the world is halfway to reaching the nightmare hellish prediciton of 1984. You still have a majority of the world who are open minded! If you could create a check list of procedures that the current government (any country) is following, what would they be? and what country is it being done in.

IE:
phase ?: Control what should be taught in public schools. (Australia)
Phase/stage ?: Make the poor even poorer and uneducated for 100% compliance. (Philippines)

I am in no means wanting to offend others. G. Orwell has got his prediction dead on with current world affairs. 1984 is only a book. What are real world examples happening now?

I travel around! I am not complaining. I am interested in what the other nations are up to? GEEZ! I did not want to get people hyped up. I travel a lot! I mean, how is this offensive? This is asking your views. not harrasing you!

I read the book too. I was quite disturbed with it. THank you guys who answered the question appropriately. You got some good points there.

Answer 1

The changes in 1984 were more subtle at first, and became institutionalized over time. Eventually, it became a society where everyone believed their leaders, even if it contradicted what they knew as fact or had been told by their leaders only yesterday.

Real world examples--

Increased prevalance of police cameras. Where I live, cameras were supposed to be for nothing but catching people running red lights, but now are used to find clues regarding any crime. Also, some cameras are simply added to places for non-traffic reasons to catch criminals.

The way some people in the press try to denounce anyone who disagrees with certain views of the leadership as unpatriotic, cowardly, or seditious, when the critics actually love their country and are unhappy with what/how it is doing.

Having government officials pose as news correspondents to get their message out.

My other examples, like giving money to dictators to spread democracy, and embellishing news to politcal ends, are more opinion than fact, so I won't go into them here.

Answer 2

Ah, Orwells book is coming true in some aspects, but not the oens you believe.

Orwells future is one of Dead-End Socialism, its a critique of Stalinism snd the crippling poverty of enforced-Marxism. Orwell was incredibly bitter about the world when writing this book, and its a tale of how dieas can be corrupted. Our world isnt like this, tis a vibrant Consumer paradise, more akin to 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley.

However, many peopel miss the key point of 1984. Winston cannot understand how 2 + 2 can be both 4 and 5, right? Well, the terrifying aspect of the book is that the Party can terrorise people into believing 2 things, that contradict, at the same time. Its this destruction of Logical, and Reality, that is Orwells real terror. We can see this happening with so many things, such as the worlds media being concentrated into one or two Corporations, allowing it to be manipulated. That is the danger

NB
Rohanessian, Orwell fought for the International Brigades in the Spanish War, he was a Marxist but believed the diea had been destroyed and warped by the likes of Lenin, Stalin and the rest of the Bolsheviks. He feared and hated all forms of Totalitarianism, including Democratic Tyranny and Facist/Communist regimes

Answer 3

Hmmm...

How about the subjugation and ostracization of Judeo/Christian teachings and belief in AMERICA?

How about the socialist, anti-Anglo Saxon culture shift in the UK and US?

How about the subversive takeover of policy and labor by non-natives in France?

How about the Spanish language imperative for governmental hires in America?

Government is losing control, not gaining it. Special interests, minority POLITICAL groups, monied campaign/PAC backers, everyone is buying their fare share of government except for the mass bloc of the free, hard-working, tax-paying center.

Orwell feared communism, not democracy. Communism, it appears, is what the vocal and active special interest groups in Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, the US, the UK, France and Germany are clamoring for. Less corporate and individual wealth, more baseless wealth distribution to the masses. That doesn't work for long, but they don't care. When you have nothing, and someone else does, the easiest thing to do is whine/moan/covet someone else's possessions. Hard work and paying your dues, these have become bad words. The 'egalitarian' movement in so many countries stinks of Red Rebellion, a la scenes from Dr. Zhivago, where anyone with any amount of wealth must subject that wealth to the whim and benefit of 'the people'. Killing ambition and productivity, that's not the way to improve the world. But that is what's being preached in colleges, high schools, the inner cities and in the UN. Greed is bad, work is for suckers, power to the people, it's all very nauseating.

Answer 4

The media. In Orwell's novel, news items are altered, twisted, to hide reality and give a simple, consise reaction that was supposed to have happened. One can say easily the likes of Fox news does this today, however its MUCH deeper than most of us realize. to give an example the burrying of stories related to WW II, before the US joined, stories about the atrocities going on were either burried in back pages, or simmply never ran in the US. This control of the media to form public concensus is nothing new, and its approaching Orwellian lengths each day.

Answer 5

Climate of fear - spectre of terrorism

Destabilization of constitution, in America.

Martial Law (coming soon)

Dumbing down of society.

Violence on TV directly condones violence in the world.

Perpetual War

Answer 6

"You still have a majority of the world who are open minded!"

You need to get a passport and do a bit of traveling - especially in the 3rd world and the "intellectual" parts of Europe.

Answer 7

i believe we are in a legislative and over regulated darkages we being smothered in laws, and contracts ,if it takes a lawer to write a contract up ,how are we supposed to understand them

Answer 8

what was the prediction in 1984? i was 20 and i don't know what you are talking about

Answer 9

So, get involved and help make it better. Bitchin doesn't change things.

Answer 10

Shut the helll up.