ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhat's the biggest or most severe example of "missing the point" you've seen?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down12
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the biggest or most severe example of "missing the point" you've seen?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareborokov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·6 days ago1984 is not about mass surveillance. It’s about lowering the langage and culture so that you don’t even have word to criticize the system.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·5 days agoIt’s about total control from the perfect totalitarian state. Mass surveillance is a small part, and control of language is also a part. But it’s also about control of truth and history, and eventually even control of the inner mind. The cameras are only a tiny part.
1984 is not about mass surveillance. It’s about lowering the langage and culture so that you don’t even have word to criticize the system.
It’s about total control from the perfect totalitarian state. Mass surveillance is a small part, and control of language is also a part. But it’s also about control of truth and history, and eventually even control of the inner mind.
The cameras are only a tiny part.