War can come in many shapes and forms however, one could argue that the sanctions right now aimed at Russia is hurting their people at population also. I don't expect us bombing each other "again" into the 1800's is a realistic scenario i however do see plenty of other harmful scenario's, mostly cyber and economic related for now.
Also wars elsewhere like Russia siding with Assad and destabilizing Syria is also an act of aggression on the EU since that created a refugee stream that attempted to destabilize Europe, what is a goal of Putin. Same goes for his attempt to support parties that intend to end the EU.
I think 1984 is a European thing, Orwell was European, he based it on the Spanish Civil War and the Rise of the Soviet Union, North Korea etc.
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
The book was written because it's becoming reality. Just sayin'.
So long as regressives preach intolerant tolerance, try to tear down free speech, label people constantly and try to punish thoughtcrimes. I'd say we are on our path to a dystopia, maybe not full 1984, but the retards are definitely trying.
Um, the Snowden revelations under Obama about mass surveillance. Obama doing everything in his power to grab and blacksite Snowden, Assange, Manning (he was successful with the last) forcing them to take refuge in foreign countries.
Thankfully, us Republicans managed to hobble Obama during the mid-term elections, making him effectively a lame duck president. Without executive power, Obama set up a SJW cult of personality: 10 million impressionable, low self-esteem (body image problems) young girls turned feminist Stasi/Red Guards policing free speech on campuses, twitter, forums. Hillary was the SJW champion, but again thanks to us Republicans we stopped her ascension and preserved liberty.
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Here's a cartoon version of the rat cage the goberment straps to your face in 1984.
I've always assumed people never read it and lied about reading it to impress others.
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
Threatening to kill someone is "slightly" different from making someone lose their job. Not to mention that these threats are very real and not just random shouting over social media. The Party can and will eliminate all threats to its rule, no exceptions, no excuses. It is far beyond SJWs, with the only possible choice being unconditional love for the Big Brother. Fail to do so and they will make you.
I know that some people believe that SJWs are incredibly influential (forgetting that their supposed importance is highly varied across the globe), but they are a joke when compared to the Big Brother. Think "North Korea's wet dream", not "crazy feminists".
Modern day western civilization is far closer to Brave New World and Idiocracy than 1984.
Look at the current US president. He's what happens when a population takes for granted the peace and power brought about by living in the world's superpower. It's a result of the bombardment of irrelevant information people get that makes them afraid of non-threatening things.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"
1984? Nah. Too optimistic.
And many even more depressing books as well.
"In today’s America, conservatives who actually want to conserve are as rare as liberals who actually want to liberate. The once-significant language of an earlier era has had the meaning sucked right out of it, the better to serve as camouflage for a kleptocratic feeding frenzy in which both establishment parties participate with equal abandon" (Taking a break from the criminal, incompetent liars at the NSA, to bring you the above political observation, from The Archdruid Report.)
If you want a critical takedown of 1984, look at what Isaac Asimov had to say about it.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.