Amusing Ourselves to Death: Huxley vs Orwell

[Morreion]

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Huxley vs Orwell (HighExistence)

Philosophy meets comics in this thought-provoking illustrated blog post. I liked Orwell, but I think Huxley eerily saw into the future.

[Regolyth]

I agree with you Gack. Although, I think we could easily slip into Orwell's future at anytime. I think a lot of us are already well down Huxley's road though. The sane being slowly drowned as as "crazies."

[Regolyth]

Fight Over 'American Idol' Leads to Stabbing

I heard about the above article on the radio this morning and thought of Huxley's views from this article.

A couple face charges after police in York County say they stabbed each other during an argument over which contestant should win `American Idol.'
The York Dispatch reports 48-year-old Karen Elaine Harrelson and 57-year-old Gregory Stambaugh had been watching the show at Stambaugh's West Manchester Township home on May 15.

Police say they got into a drunken argument over which contestant -- Candice Glover or Kree Harrison -- should win the season's title. Investigators say one went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed the other. The person stabbed first then grabbed the knife and stabbed the other. Investigators say each told police the other stabbed first.

Now, both are being held in York County Prison on assault charges. It wasn't immediately clear if either had an attorney.

[Morreion]

That's amazing, in a bad way.

And I do think that a 1984-style society could be embraced voluntarily and be just as oppressive irregardless of it being voted into existence. It's all for your own good, right? People have this idea that oppressive fascist dictatorial societies are always evil. Nope. They can be and are justified for the greater good. To get political for just a brief moment, liberalism in the 1960s in this country was all for free speech- and half a century later, it's about speech codes. It's easy to miss the irony of these situations.