by Ray Jason
Two of the most enduring novels of the 20thCentury are Aldous Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and George Orwell’s 1984. Unfortunately, these dark masterpieces have proven to be stunningly prophetic. Much of the grim, totalitarian future that they predicted has already materialized. And we are steadily careening towards a nightmarish Tommorowland even more diabolical than they predicted. Each author foresaw a bleak future where the Individual was completely subordinate to the State. Fortunately, we have not yet fully descended into a serf-like, police/surveillance state dystopia, but that seems to be our trajectory. In both of these novels the State has already achieved its mission of either Rule through Force or Control through Distraction. But the reader does not witness the lead-up and implementation of these dictatorial autocracies - which is where we are today.
No comments:
Post a Comment