Stuart McMillen at Recombinant Records takes some text about the realized visions of George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, from Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, and sets them to an illustrated format that perfectly summarizes how each has actually appeared in the real world.
It also leaves little doubt which kind of dystopia is more prevalent in our modern world–the repressive dictatorship or the fascist, benevolent nanny-state. Still, the irony of using the Internet to view this cartoon commentary should not be lost on anyone.
Please also see my post about de Tocqueville and despotism yesterday. Complements this post nicely.
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