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@@MB-rg2jm I have not gotten to see it yet but it would not surprise me.Alot of things have such symbology.The nation's capitol is filled with goddess statues.Their is strong evidence it was built using sacred geometry.
OK, but "The Prince" by Machiavelli was THAT just a warning too?? It doesn't matter--if one sees this book as "a handbook", perhaps that should be a warning?
@wolemai here is great example. I wonder the last time student protesters rounded up some spectator readers and sent them the Ministry of Love. there isn't one- and saying that there is is an insult to all the millions killed or imprisoned by the nazis, the soviets, the Chinese and Franco's Spain.
@wolemai yeah and they keep saying we have to use the pronoun 'they' for singular people! what kind of world has this become? wow i am just shocked and saddened by this horrible decline in our government since biden was "elected". I cant even celebrate fathers day with my white, conservative, loving, racist dad anymore because the transgenders got to it! what a sad world we live in.
this is basically north korea except instead of torture its just death. and globally theres a softer form of this with its foot in the door and ready to go further.
it's ironic, look at this comment section. Everybody is pretending to be smart, and different than those so-called sheep. 1000 useless comments, probably working on some useless job. Edit : 7000 useless comments
Forgot to mention Winston's and Julia's secret hideaway room, where they thought they were safe and were able to act like "normal" people. They did not realize this room was a set up until the telescreen behind a quaint painting spoke up just before the thought police burst into the room. Winston and Julia had been recorded the entire time they thought they had privacy. So sad.
Benson Saavedra : Yes! I had forgotten that part. I've met a few Charringtons during my lifetime. Seems like the career of being a politician attracts those types.
@@ISCARI0T Ted Kaczynski was a lunatic and terrorist. You compare a masterpiece of literature with the ramblings of one butthurt semi-mad incel who wanted to blow up the whole world.
@@ozymandiasultor9480 he was not an incel, the incel movement didnt even exit in his active years. also his doings were never motivated by a sentiment of hate against women. w/e orwell is a racist and 1984 is and will be forever a terrible piece of trash.
This video is absolute gold. I love the way Goerge Orwell tries to warn people about totalitarianism. This book is absolutely amazing and make us realize how easy society can change, and how easy they can put pressure on you to make absolutely everything they want you to do. An amazing cautionnary tale, WW2 was probably the worst experience people had to go through with propaganda, brainwashing, etc. and George Orwell materialized it perfectly in hiqs book.
The cautionary tale would never be read, nor would it be understood, by extremist Magats in the US. Today, a sketch of their idol defendant trump, sitting in court beside a Jesus figure, sums it up. People allow themselves to be brainwashed.
Corporations, schools, marketing, parents, social media; all telling you you need money, status and looks to be happy. Then, these became the standards we have started to judge ourselves and eachother to. Leading our lives accordingly.. making choices not based on what you _love_ , but on fear, on what you believe you _need_ to do in order to achieve happiness and avoid what you've now learned to fear. Deciding on a career that gives you enough money to do what you _believe_ will make your happy .. Rather than dare to just be _you_ and do whatever you genuinely feel like doing. We think we're free, but the reality is that a few universally adopted, empty beliefs, are controlling our every thought, emotion, and action.
No matter what ever happens again, these last two years opened my eyes to how flawed a species we are, there are many great humans but sadly we are so flawed we are destined for doom
Whether you are religious or not, if you ever read genesis in the bible you would see it outline all the faults of humanity that we have repeated over and over again. Greed, murder, incest, betrayal, adultery, rape, people’s corruption …. Most would tell you not to read the bible because it’s of ancient ideas and people. But we have not evolved one damn bit and are just as they were only with digital watches and airplanes but just as flawed as ever
Yes we humans are destined for destruction. There is only one that can save us and it is JESUS!❤✝️💕 Come to him because he loves you and wants you in paradise with him.
It's honestly terrifying how much of this is actually happening in differnet ways, from targeted ads of things you were searching or even just chatting about, to totalitarian governments leading their countries completely free to do whatever they like. A novel truly ahead of it's time
Or seeing Ads about stuff you only THOUGHT about..never said out loud...how coincidently often does that happen ? Makes me sorta wonder what was in those manditory Vax's?
This video is 10 years old and was suggested to me today. The odd thing is, I’m currently reading 1984. Big Brother is most certainly watching. Thought police are on the way. Phones are the telescreen.
Vijayant Raj how would an algorithm know about a physical book I’m reading though.? I’m not trying to go down the rabbit hole here, just food for thought.
The sad thing, with Winston being broken, is that he really doesn't know better. O'Brien was able to break him because Winston trusted him and believed O'Brien had his best interests in mind. Because of O'Brien, everything he taught Winston became absolute truth to him.
The right wing have twisted all manner of stuff to suit their garbage. "Red Pill" "Anonymous" "Woke" "NPC" "Fake News" "Deep State". Confusion and blurring is their goal.
I just have read this book and it is really a masterpiece. All human beings should read it and think about it. A must have for everybody! Greetings from europe! 💖💖💖💖💖💥 It is modern and in ourdays so important to watch and keep your eyes open!
It's been a while since I read this book, but it's still an imperishable memory. At the beginning, I remember that all those grey landscapes and harsh laws made me uncomfortable ( to my mind, this must be the first step of a distopia in the sense that the main purpose of this type of literature is to enable you to put your habits and your society in question ). Then I was very surprised and impressed by the personnal developement of the main character, mainly because I didn't find him neither interresting nor brave at first. However, the author finally succeed in changing my mind and after some chapters I was just like "go boy, run for your freedom, be a rebel" :'). It also teached me that in a totalitarian regime, the little things of everyday (such as kiss the woman that you loved or read something) could became the most courageous. Obviously, the end just ruined my mood for two decades. I am still under the impression that one gives me a glimmer of hope to just extinguished it under my eyes one second later. However, isn't the reason that makes 1984 one of the best book ever written ?
It depends on the country Western countries have it much better then some other shady parts of the world I could be imprisoned, tortured and possibly executed over a silly opinion in my country which is supposedly the most _democratic_ in the region and its a norm for us here, we all know it and consider it normal because we were born into it and don't know better
"The good message is that the government has to try really hard to truly get into Winston's head" wow, such an encouraging message. This book is so fucking scary because it's so true
I read it recently and genuinely felt cold icy fingers of doom especially the making you believe what you know not to be real and adopt the language which smacks of all this pronoun gibberish
Really nice produced video, from the esthetic to the content. It makes you want to read the book. The way it is written seems so powerful, deep. We can feel the loneliness with quotes just as this one "“He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable” - George Orwell.
It reminded me I really liked this book because I red it when I was young, and I didn't understood the message at the time, neither the end of the story. It was blurry for me for a lot of years, but know that I am older I understand it and it confirms the bad mood I had at the end.
When you're a kid stuff like monsters ghosts and bugs would scare you. When you're an Adult. The evil inside peoples hearts. The concept of a dystopian world such as this. Essentially not being a human being anymore. That is more ftightening than any monster ghost or creepy crawly any day
How about the concept of , Super Humans ( genetically engineered/ or even cloned) , living in the same community/Society. Beings from the Beyond, with super Intelligence ( A.I) being / taking charge of your day today affairs( politics, economics, civics etc).
my favorite part of 1984, that I rely the most on, is the description of the imperial system, and its obsession for survival. The exact description of the shareholders of the pharmaceutical industry... And also the exact description of the elite of the anglo saxon countries.
Naw, it's the globalists, diversity, inclusion and climate change big corporations. They are the ones in charge. We have to believe what they tell us or else- War is peace, a man is a woman and a woman is a man, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength. And there is such a thing as "a black white supremacist". 2 + 2 = 5..
Describes Amerikkka perfectly. It’s a country that relies on war and exploitation 😂. It’s a cancer. Can’t wait for China kick their teeth in. But they have to wait because it’s like fighting a guy with a bomb jacket : if they start losing they might go all out nuclear out of spite so they can’t let Amerikkka collapse too fast or it would get desperate.
In the end they got him to voluntarily love Big Brother (or at least to think he did). Such a chilling tale, I was hoping for mass rebellion but I got solitary defeat.
@@thoughtnot I guess? Before he knew that 2 + 2 = 4 is wrong but he had go about his life saying it is Now he can let go of all the tension of "what if I am actually wrong?" Or any of that other stuff and go " 2 = 4 is my fucking jam" And also he's not being hunter by angsoc or whatever it was called anymore
@@thoughtnot Oh and also he feels as though he will eventually have his thought crime thoughts return and he'll probably be shot then but for now he's actually happy for once
No joke, recently there was a debate on twitter (because of course it's twitter) about 2 + 2 = 5. Pretty sure someone started it as a troll but it showed some people actually took it seriously and believed 2+2=5. It's scary to see this stuff become reality for us.
@@clumsyturtle8544 This statement is one that a person who thinks their smart would make About how "WoAH ThErE PeOPle ToDAy ArE ThAt DumB bUT NoTt mE,,, mE sMarT"
Watching this video made me want to read 1984. I started reading it once but I wasn’t captivated by the beginning. This video gives a good understanding of the book and makes you want to read it to understand it more and on your own level.
OMFGLOLROTFLWTF "but it's definitely a book everyone should read." I found it funny because its not necessarily true (for me). It's like saying everyone should watch paint dry.
Arno Victor Dorian haha you find it boring? Are you reading it for school? It's a book that hones in on population control, propoganda, etc. that i feel like is very important because it's happening in this very world that we live in. Maybe not in as extreme measures but there is a possibility of getting there and nowadays people don't ever stop and really think about things. This is a very thought-provoking book.
Which makes no sense if you have two of one thing and two of another thing all together you have 4 things Where are they getting the extra number from?
Just take the vaccine so you wont get sick or infect others.... I mean... take the vaccine so you dont infect others... no... i mean... take the vaccine to get less sick.... no... i mean... take the vaccine to maybe get less sick but the booster shot will make you less sick...
Studied1984 in high school in the 80's. It left me with a eerie impression and sick to my gut. To this day never forgotten and now its 2020 and I have that same feeling.
queenofcups I don’t know why but I feel like I don’t have a future anymore. Every time I think about 2021 I instantly start to feel paranoid and anxious.
@@andria8279 same and like it's so weird because i recently fond out that my little cousin is gonna be graduating in 2028. 2028??? like what i feel like the world will literally be over by then. im only 15 but the 2010s were so carefree and as soon as 2020 came it feels different and weird
@@bellaklein8692 I know exactly how you feel, I'm so fucking scared of what's gonna happen to the world in 10 years, just look around you, do some research (not on google) about covid, the vaccines and all the shit that has been indoctrinated to you since you were born, question the media and everything you see, ask yourself why things are the way they are, and then, you'll truly be scared of what's to come
@@andria8279 You shouldn't think so for ahead, put plans in place but live in the now. Someone said to me don't look to far into the future it will give you anxiety nor too far into the past you'll become melancholy, enjoy today.
In the book he actually died as well. He pleads for execution, and in the trip to the room where they will put the long awaited bullet into his brain, he looks into a poster of big brother and loved him
Bravo ! The video is a materpiece, you covered all the aspects of the novel. I didn't read it yet but I know what will be my next reading. It's such a good advertising for this story but also Orwell warn his readers about future and what we can choose not to live. I'll recommend your video to my friends. I know that my close ones would enjoy a reading like this, it's a dystopian world really well written and painted. Can't wait to watch other similar content !
If you aren't a sheep, then you will either use your superior intelligence to join the ruling class by selling your soul, or become self sufficient off grid and devote yourself to enlightenment - which is the real meaning of life anyways. Let's be honest, the dumb sheep don't deserve or even want freedom.
@Devin Blackburn Yeah like when he got Americans killed because he wanted to keep up the status quo and avoid the thing that all prime minister's and presidents will do anything to avoid... being the one to handle a very very bad situation And he he did plenty of good work! Like that time he got hundreds deported, that time he removed tons of rights that lgbt people had Oh and let's not forget that time on January 6-
Not necessarily a bad thing because that means people have been searching/sharing it more, and not at all strange because when something is "trending" it gets moved up in feed priority.
Yes, combined with Brave New World ! In addition, Uk Tv has shown Contagion, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later and The Road all in the last three weeks. All part of the mockery of the sheeple.............
It's remarkable, that the book fully outlines the process narcissists use on their victims. And indeed, you realize that the world we live in elects narcissists as leaders. We are brainwashed by the system itself. The system IS Big Brother. That's why no one can point fingers truly. We are eachother's Big Brother, encouraging loyalty to politeness, and censorship and agreement with "Me". Love, is fear.
In high school I read the spark notes instead of reading the assigned book from time to time 😎 Now over a decade later I’m too lazy to read 1984, so I searched for a video, and boom, spark notes got my back again 👊
I've seen videos on RU-vid recently that were debating whether 1984 or Brave New World is a better description of our current society. I'd say that for me 1984 is a more accurate description of the society in which we currently live. It also seems to me that the people in power took these great books that were intended to be warnings, and used them as roadmaps employing tactics from the dystopian societies depicted in both.
Me too. Please, will you share it on your social media? It is now so important with the social distancing & lock down policies put upon us and maybe the mandatory vaccines etc. The video is only 6.37 minutes, so people might be open to watch it. Thanks!
1984 was one of my first dystopian reading, and now the genre is basically my favorite. Even though Orwell is missused in many arguments, I never stopped diffending it and even learned to use it to prove many other points. Today, I like to bring 1984 in my arguments when i talk about language, neologism and freedom of thought, how we aren't able to talk even though we have the words, and everything. Highly recommand !
I had to work on this video in progress and I confess that I would love to read this book now. The characters look interesting, the author's point of view could also be compared to our current vision... good things to compel me to read it.
I just finished reading the book, and MAAAANNNNNN what an ending!!!! I never read a book before specially a book with more than 100 pages. 1984 was definitely worth the time and pages it took me to read. The last page, the ending truly made me feel emotional.
@@MG-hg1sq It's a prophetic and dark tale of a future society in the grip of a totalitarian regime that demands complete capitulation to it's dogma. It revolves around the experience of a man who begins to question the validity of that society, a doomed romance and the inevitable, profoundly unnerving conclusion. Required reading for American high school students and a really great read on every level. Highly recommended!
I never comment on videos but today my English teacher asked us to post a comment under this video so, here I am. I have already worked on 1984 before so, what I can say about it is that I like the fact that we can see how futuristic it is. In the novel, people are being watched every step of the way ; nowadays we are being watched out no matter what we do with the internet - you have to accept cookies so the websites can have access to your informations and so you can have access to the website then. The fact that people aren't allowed to have any form of relationship, in 1984, is quite sad as human beings need to socialize, to love and to be loved. “Man is by nature a social animal" (to quote Aristotle) after all, isn't he? But here, this fact is taken against human beings - you aren't allowed to socialize in order to do the work and so you cannot rebel and plan a revolution if you're on your own. I'm gonna end this comment there - the animation is well done and it is very well summarized! Thank you for this video.
My favourite book of all time and considering how phenomenally intelligent and astute Orwell had to be to foresee the events which I don't think anybody can deny are unfolding before our very eyes, the genius of this work will be appreciated more as time goes by.
I think Orwell may not have been that futuristic on his own, as he worked, or had connections with the powers that could/would facilitate these events to unfold.
I'm working on this in class. I didn't read the book but the video gives me a boost to read it. I hope the atmosphere in the book looks like in the video. Indeed I like when it's eerie. The subjectives adventure of a man in a totalitarian regime could be very interesting.
Can you imagine if Winston LET the rats eat his face off rather than have it happen to his girlfriend? It would be the most profound, tragic and sad heroic act achieved in fiction. NO one in his right mind would be able to hold it together on reading it.
I really like disptopian fiction and this one is particularly interesting because this is so close to what happened during the 2WW and we are not safe to have the same situation one day. It’s very oppressive that I can’t believe it (almost) happened before!
I find it more close to what's happing today rather than what happened during ww2 😂. What's even more sad is that mostly cannot see it, even though is obvious.
Not Carlie Animal Farm was an amazing book. I first picked it in the seventh grade because we did mini research papers on 4 books for the year. We had a list of 24 to choose from and many of us thought animal farm would be an easy paper to write because of its title. Another girl and I chose Animal Farm and when we figured out we both picked it, we worked our paper together. After our presentations, the next book choices were given. Everyone chose Animal Farm. Lol
It's actually communism. The far left supports conspiracies (by denying they exist n smearing anyone who opposes them), plutocracy (by denying conspiracies exist n smearing anyone who opposes them), and totalitarianism (thru political correctness, which is cultural communism, and the anti-gun lobby, which supports the release of dangerous offenders and the dictatorial powers of judges in sentencing) and Covid-19 measures.
George Orwell believed in democracy, current "progressives" do NOT. Blue States are literally cancelling elections and pushing for bogus postal voting and "ballot harvesting".
@@piecekeeper5317 Orwell's political beliefs were guided by his genuine love for the working class. He worked in London the north of England and Paris doing menial jobs and he was blown away by the natural good naturedness and camaraderie of the people he worked with. He also wrote there is more intelligence and wisdom to found in a mining village pub than can be found in parliament and at the top table of any Oxbridge university. Of course with these views he would now be deemed a Nazi by the Guardian and Buzzfeed.
Well, if it's supposedly happening right now, then why don't you people try and stop it while you have the chance? Like, contribute to society for once by freeing it from the "SJW shackles" or whatever you call them.
Weird how even though great writers and philosophers have warned all of us about this type of thing, knowing about it doesn't seem to be able to stop it. I feel it's happening here and now in the US. I've read that democracy depends on having a population that's at least semi-educated..... and that 'ain't 'Merica' !! Land of the incredibly ignorant. The people who really need to heed all the warnings about authoritarianism are people who have never even heard of this book!
Yeah I thought the same, at work we also have Chinese workers at the moment (im from Germany) they, told me one woman became a child about 3 months before and must go working her in Germany, cause otherwise she get fired and won’t get any better payed job in her life, cause the governments keeps track of them. I was shocked and couldn’t believe it first but i promise you it’s real.
@@rc.... as i hongkonger i can confirm that Hong Kong is slowly becoming the same as China. 7 opposition leaders are arrested today and this is basically what we see on the news everyday here now in Hong Kong. Most of those who actively participated in last year’s protests are either arrested or too afraid to speak up anymore. AND last week the government just announced a ‘reform’ of high school education that basically turns the education system into a brainwashing machine. Our city is as good as dead.
