RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGeorge Orwell's 1984 purged from school library by AI 'Big Brother'www.standard.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1713arrow-down14
arrow-up1709arrow-down1external-linkGeorge Orwell's 1984 purged from school library by AI 'Big Brother'www.standard.co.ukRobotToaster@mander.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareepicshepich@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoWhen I read it, I was frustrated that it was a socialist dystopia, but I think it holds up as a valid critique of surveillance-state authoritarianism, regardless of the x-coordinate on the political compass.
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoSpecifically Stalinist dystopia Orwell was a socialist
When I read it, I was frustrated that it was a socialist dystopia, but I think it holds up as a valid critique of surveillance-state authoritarianism, regardless of the x-coordinate on the political compass.
Specifically Stalinist dystopia
Orwell was a socialist
deleted by creator