Brave New 1984 World: Will It Blend?

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• Richard August 22, 2019, 10:23 AM

  I’d include “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis, too. Lewis, like all so-called progressives, got it wrong when he assigned responsibility for the authoritarian government to a rabid right-wing movement. It’s always the oh-so-tolerant-left that cannot abide anyone breaking cadence with their goose-stepping ways.
  As for Amazon’s Alexa: I am completely baffled why any sane person would have one of those devices in his house. (He typed as the NSA recorded everyone of his keystrokes). Oh, well…..

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• Skorpion August 22, 2019, 11:50 AM

  Those quotes are taken from the Foreword to Neil Postman’s AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH. It is an absolute must-read for anyone who wants to understand how we got to *Clown World 2019*. Like Christopher Lasch, who wrote the equally prescient THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM, Postman was a clear-eyed old-school liberal who saw the media-/entertainment-driven behavioral-sink that America was sliding into, and warned us about it *decades* ago.

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• Dr. Jay August 22, 2019, 1:24 PM

  I was gonna comment on this but Siri said I shouldn’t.

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• Geoff C. The Saltine August 22, 2019, 2:25 PM

  When did Jeb Bush start selling blenders.
  Blendtec is the best blender out there.
  Sorry got distracted the View was on.

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• Nori August 22, 2019, 9:42 PM

  “What you need is a gram of Soma.”
  “All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol,none of their defects.”
  “And do remember that a gram is better than a damn.”
  They went out,laughing.

  Huxley,the eternal Savage,rules.

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• Jimmy August 22, 2019, 10:38 PM

  The final verdict isn’t in on Orwell v. Huxley. I suspect the 2020’s will supply it.

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• Bruce Quam August 23, 2019, 4:12 AM

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKTx5WFcs0

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• H August 23, 2019, 6:28 AM

  Richard, it may interest you to know that NSA is hiring.

  To apply, just message your resume anywhere.

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• Richard August 23, 2019, 7:56 AM

  @H:
  Groovy! And the bestest part of that is that there’s no need for an interview because they already know everything.

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• John the River August 24, 2019, 7:46 AM

  “Siri”. “Please open the link for ‘American Digest'”.

  “I’m sorry John, there is no such link”.

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• Dirk Williams August 24, 2019, 4:43 PM

  Simply amazing, and amusing. I sent this to ALL my associates around the world!. Boff Em.

  Made my day.

  DW

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