Where does this view that we live in 1984’s world come from? Does 1984 simply mean “dystopia” now? 2025’s reality isn’t 1984, it’s Idiocracy slowly transitioning to either Cyberpunk or Fallout. And even then it’s not universal.
Except it literally is. Every dissenting view gets called fake news and ignored. Trump supports ukraine yesterday and russia today. Violence gets threatened and used on those deemed “woke” and bathrooms are being surveiled.
The US (or at least part of it) literally lives in 1984.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Probably better than the 2025 reality version.
weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Where does this view that we live in 1984’s world come from? Does 1984 simply mean “dystopia” now? 2025’s reality isn’t 1984, it’s Idiocracy slowly transitioning to either Cyberpunk or Fallout. And even then it’s not universal.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
What, you expect people to read? To be familiar with a piece of media before they reference it?
At this point there’s been a meme for years about people misusing it.
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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You’re right. People say “1984” to mean “dystopia” or “things I don’t like about modern society”.
Tangentially related, there was a survey a while back that found most people who say they have read 1984 haven’t actually read it.
neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Except it literally is. Every dissenting view gets called fake news and ignored. Trump supports ukraine yesterday and russia today. Violence gets threatened and used on those deemed “woke” and bathrooms are being surveiled.
The US (or at least part of it) literally lives in 1984.