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* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Police state]] | * [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Police state]] | ||
* [[Liberal totalitarianism]] | * [[Liberal totalitarianism]] | ||
| − | * [[Nineteen | + | * [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] by [[George Orwell]] |
* [[Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?]] | * [[Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?]] | ||
* [[Animal Farm]] - [[Anti-Communist|anti-Stalinist]] "fairy story" by [[George Orwell]] | * [[Animal Farm]] - [[Anti-Communist|anti-Stalinist]] "fairy story" by [[George Orwell]] | ||
* [[Brave New World]] by [[Aldous Huxley]] | * [[Brave New World]] by [[Aldous Huxley]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:44, December 4, 2014
We is a novel written in 1920 by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It is considered the first major dystopian novel[1] as well as an influence on both Brave New World and Anthem. George Orwell believed that We was a stronger novel than Brave New World because while the Brave New World shows an ultimately pointless society, the We shows an "intuitive grasp of the irrational side of totalitarianism."[2] However, both Brave New World and We share the following strength: the insight that insight that unfree societies tend to use sexual "freedom" to make their subjects forget that they do not enjoy true freedom, a practice seen in just about every real-world tyranny.
See Also
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Big government Welfare state leads to Nanny state, leads to Police state
- Liberal totalitarianism
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?
- Animal Farm - anti-Stalinist "fairy story" by George Orwell
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley