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@exu@feditown.com 2026-04-28 20:14

Relevant Jacob Geller Video

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@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 20:20

Ok, I’ll take the bait. It’s a good book, and not all that long!

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@rektstarsceosu@lemmy.zip 2026-04-29 00:25

jorjorwel??!!!

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@mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 23:32

Just because it’s so true people are sick of it doesn’t change the fact that it is, indeed, 1984. Also Brave New World, weirdly enough. Good news - we didn’t have to pick a dystopia. We’re getting them ALL. At the same time.

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@Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-29 06:55

You don’t need to read 1984 to understand the basic meaning people get out of it. The significant aspects can be summed up as a few bullet points or a few short paragraphs. Unfortunately because its message is so broad, it is often used in support of all sorts of opposing arguments, small and large, Jacob Geller discussed this topic in detail.

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@cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2026-04-29 10:48

Some recommended reading about George “I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler” Orwell: Isaac Asimov’s 1980 review of Nineteen Eighty-Four Orwell’s 1940 review of Mein Kampf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwell's_list en.prolewiki.org/wiki/George_Orwell

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@amphetaminisiert@feddit.nl 2026-04-30 08:29

Was at the library a few weeks ago for the first time and got 1984. Didn’t touch it and had to return it. Now when someone asks I can show them that I borrowed it and claim that I reread it recently 👌

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@JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 18:09

The funniest part is how one obvious bait line instantly turns awkward silence into a whole book club.

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@irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-28 22:09

I’ve read 1984, and yeah that’s basically it

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@tomenzgg@midwest.social 2026-04-29 00:06

sopuli.xyz/post/44655344

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@QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-01 14:44

I read like half of it but then had to return the book, seemed pretty cool