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Sunday, July 20, 2008
1984 Comparison to modern society -- Part VI
- War and Peace chapter by Goldstein
-- The psuedo-paradox that is doublethink
-- LME (Lazy Man's Ethics) as a guiding principle for warfare
-- A civilized nation with extensive knowledge of other cultures should not engage in warfare lightly or for political purposes. Such acts bring us within the realm of the 1984 universe.
-- It is better to enforce the law unanimously than to sweep in and make changes, ala The Authority comic book, with a divided world watching and unwilling to support those actions politically or monetarily.
-- Proxy nations used by superpowers to wage war against one another.
-- Opposing political parties arguing with one another in an infantile manner, while legitimate societal problems within government's influence remain unsolved.
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-- The psuedo-paradox that is doublethink
-- LME (Lazy Man's Ethics) as a guiding principle for warfare
-- A civilized nation with extensive knowledge of other cultures should not engage in warfare lightly or for political purposes. Such acts bring us within the realm of the 1984 universe.
-- It is better to enforce the law unanimously than to sweep in and make changes, ala The Authority comic book, with a divided world watching and unwilling to support those actions politically or monetarily.
-- Proxy nations used by superpowers to wage war against one another.
-- Opposing political parties arguing with one another in an infantile manner, while legitimate societal problems within government's influence remain unsolved.
Labels: 1984, civilized, peace, politics, War
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I think modern society is more comparable to animal farm than 1984.
with all the recent and growing exceptions that is the current government's attitude twords the constitution/bill of rights.
with all the recent and growing exceptions that is the current government's attitude twords the constitution/bill of rights.
I would compare it more to Lord of the Flies...the savage way that everyone in the government acts
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