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Who Got It Right: Orwell or Huxley?
When I first began hearing that emigres from Communist countries see America inching towards totalitarianism, I didn't take it seriously. Totalitarianism was Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which the state controlled everyone through the infliction of pain and terror. Whatever our problems in America, we don't have that, or anything close to it.
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Having read both books,I lean towards Orwell's 1984 myself. That being said,the control freaks are big corporations, not some megalomaniac government,at least in the states. Corporations force you to use their technology their way,tracking every move you make OL,etc. Force you to look at advertisements by making ad blockers not work,etc. They also control the media and lie to us.