1984 by George Orwell, A Thought-provoking Video Essay 

Since my teens I've been a big fan of Orwell- I've read and studied his lesser known novels as well as his most famous works, 1984 and Animal Farm (such as Homage to Catalonia, Down and Out in Paris and London, Coming up for Air, etc) as well as most of his essays. It's such a loss Orwell died so young, as he would have had so much to say about the events of the next 30 years, such as the Cold War and nuclear age, the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Middle East wars, the decline of his beloved England as a world power, and cultural events such as the Beatles and the rise of the counter-culture. We'll never know...

Love this. Not enough people are familiar with this cautionary tale.

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Orwell saw past our outer shells, and was able to discern ulterior motives. I feel this is especially true of his political essays, where he details specific behaviors, behaviors that still exist and effect us even now. It's hard to see this in ourselves, but it is there.

I'd love to see a 2023 movie version of 1984

Ah, the Prophet Orwell, i wish he hadn't been right!

I must recommend the Steve Parker audiobook. He has a 1984 version with sound effects that is amazing.

Great summary and beautiful visuals! Can you make video for "Animal Farm" by George Orwell too?

I never, ever thought the US would be at risk of this when I red the book back in high school. And yet, we are heading in this direction at an increasing speed. Tax the rich or eat each other. That’s the ultimate dilemma we face.

I like to keep my tellyscreen in my pocket all the time, although I have removed my camera and mic. Its truly frightening how right hes been

Don't forget in 2021 we had the ministry of truth

Excellent synopsis, thank you for making and sharing.

We are living the book right now .

Did an AI write the script? I swear it feels like it.

Wow just wow loved it and thank you for sharing such an informative piece. 😊

Ai video essays lack bellyfeel.

1984 is 2023.

Was this video generated by an AI?

Did you make this video? It's awesome!

Winston states that he believes it must be some time around 1984 because he remembers the Revelation taking place in his childhood, and he remembers growing up in the 1950's, shortly after the end of World War II. But how reliable is Winst5on's memory really. Is it possible that Winston's childhood was not in the 1950's, but in fact, some other decade. Perhaps he was a child in the late 2020's. We know that the memories of Party members are utterly unreliable. Even Julia has no memory of the change in alliance that had kept them both so busy at work they did not have time to meet for more than a "good day, Comrade" as they passed in the corridor. I think it's possible that Winston has no real idea what decade his childhood too place in. It could have been the 1950's, or the 2020's or even the 2530's. 1984 could be a date which will forever be in the future, even though we, who live in the pre-Revolutionary world "know" it is 2023.

In a way I'm just like Orwell. My worst enemy in all the world is totalitarianism. I believe we all have rights to be ourselves and let others be who they are no matter who they are. The government should mind there own business of what I feel. Thought emotion is not a crime. personality is not a deformity. the only thing that matters is I'm not hurting anyone.

Orwell and Huxley were not prophets. They were announcers. They knew each other well at Eton School.

Orwell mentioned Stuart Chase in an essay about politics. Chase wrote "A New Deal" in 1932 and was a member of FDR's brain trust. The Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase is non-fiction and better than 1984.

We are already there. Our society is basically 1984-lite

I don't think it's often incorrectly utilised to point out troublesome concepts. it doesn't have to be a 1:1 match exactly for the metaphor or simile of DoubleThink to be an appropriate one to make.

from fiction to documentary to buyers manual. thank fek im old, this world is on the brink of implosion ,,,xxx

Geez, You mentioned the name of the political party, "Ingsoc" but somehow neglected to mention what that name actually stood for or, how it was derived. The name was an abbreviation of "English SOCIALISM" which is fundamental and essentially to the development of the ideas that evolved throughout the story. I am only at 2:52 minutes into the video but you are already moving on to a more complex evolution of the story in your video without establishing this salient point which in the original book is in fact established early on and gives the reader a certain perspective with which to take up the rest of the story.

Orwell manifested his hatred of India. 1984 is a caricature of general Indian philosophy experienced at vulgar, unsophisticated level and also in more academic circles. Indian mentality starts with the capacity of holding two logically contradictory beliefs at the same time. He who achieves that first result is deemed on his good way to be saved and become a sage. It is true that it allows a society to be ruled by its criminal elements without any reaction and even without need for a central authority to hold the whole thing.

big brother and big sister has always ruled as much as they can

I cannot locate the sources of the images, are they AI gen? I'm thrown off by the proper fingers and wording on badges. Where are they from?

we now have this world in 2023 its here .

Are you payin attention ?

Just like our own "democratic party"

2023.

This comments section has the feel of having been hacked and whittled by censors, but feel free to call me paranoid.

Look like CCP

Orwell did not invent the practice of Double-think. It is a practice that has always existed and has been used by governments and religions all over the world, even today. It's not something you can accomplish through conscious thought. You can't know you are doing it, and you have to learn to do it before you reach the age of reason. The age of reason is the point when a child become developed enough to use logic and reason to work out for themselves what is true. We can see the effects of double-think in Trump supporters, especially Evangelical Trump supporters. Here is a man who is not even pretending to be a "good Christian" He stands, holding up a Bible that is up-side-down and backwards. When asked if it is his personal Bible he says, "It's a Bible." Why would Trump not claim ownership of the Bible? If he owns a Bible, why borrow one that isn't yours? Yet the Evangelicals love him. It baffles me that religiose people would support such a person. They want to believe that Trump is the next best thing to Jesus Christ, but seeing how the man behaves, he is just the opposite of Jesus.

the only thought this so-called "Video Essay" provoked in me was that it must have been written by rachel maddow, who will NEVER, EVER use 22 words when 189 will do. jeezeloueeze this thing is repetitive.... 😳

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Make sure to shout out chatgpt for the script and mid journey for the images 🫡