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• U7826391786239@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  relevant webcomic contrasting 1984 and brave new world, which is insightful, but doesn’t include the reality that we’re literally living in both novels’ universes

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  • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Give me brave new world all day - it would be vastly preferable to whatever this shit is.

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    • shane@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Definitely. A world where people are happy and healthy and live basically fulfilling lives. There are a few fanatics who opt out, and they’re unhappy. Go figure.

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    • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It seems Brave new world is the global north/middle class, 1984 is the global south/working class… With class experience varying by county and over time with a tend towards 1984 experience as the majorities wealth gets extracted by the upper class.

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