Brave, New Bidenite World

 

Brave, New Bidenite World

 At one time, in the not too far distant past, we read classic novels of future political dystopia, and marveled at the creativity and imagination of the authors.  Their futuristic worlds bordered on science fiction, and fueled our minds with far out fantasies.

 But take a look at our real, “woke”, Bidenite world, with its identity politics, intersectionality, and cancel culture based racial bigotry posing as social justice; and modern thought control and “newspeak”, and that 20th century dystopian fiction is not too far from the present truth.

 Biden, Harris, Psaki, Kerry, Blinken and others stand there in front of the cameras, and outright lie, lie, lie.  They don’t only gloss over facts and build themselves up like most politicians do, they just straight, outright, lie to our faces, just like in some of the dystopian novels.  As Lenin said, “a lie told often enough becomes the truth”.  And the gullible, ovine masses believe them, and are grateful for the cessation of cantankerous, brutally true, in your face, tweets.

 This is a list and synopsis of some of the better-known 20th century dystopian novels.  Do we see any parallels with this current socialist administration?  We are living the dystopian fiction of the past, as recently did, Venezuela.

 “Brave New World”, Aldous Huxley, 1932

“The Director then leads the boys to the Nursery, where they observe a group of Delta infants being reprogrammed to dislike books and flowers. The Director explains that this conditioning helps to make Deltas docile and eager consumers. He then tells the boys about the “hypnopaedic” (sleep-teaching) methods used to teach children the morals of the World State. In a room where older children are napping, a whispering voice is heard repeating a lesson in “Elementary Class Consciousness.” “

 “1984”, George Orwell, 1949

Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he alters historical records to fit the needs of the Party. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people’s history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes.

 “Fahrenheit 451”, Ray Bradbury, 1953

Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of Guy Montag, who lives in an oppressive society that attempts to eliminate all sources of complexity, contradiction, and confusion to ensure uncomplicated happiness for all its citizens. As Montag comes to realize over the course of the novel, however, his fellow citizens are not happy so much as spiritually hollow. People in this world are constantly bombarded with advertisements and shallow entertainments, leaving them no space to think for themselves or assess their own emotional states. The result is a society that grows increasingly selfish, pleasure-seeking, disconnected, and empty.

 “A Clockwork Orange”, Anthony Burgess, 1962

A Clockwork Orange takes place in a futuristic city governed by a repressive, totalitarian super-State. In this society, ordinary citizens have fallen into a passive stupor of complacency, blind to the insidious growth of a rampant, violent youth culture. The protagonist of the story is Alex, a fifteen-year-old boy who narrates in a teenage slang called nadsat, which incorporates elements of Russian and Cockney English. Alex leads a small gang of teenage criminals—Dim, Pete, and Georgie—through the streets, robbing and beating men and raping women.

 “Atlas Shrugged”, Ayn Rand, 1957

The book depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations. Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and her lover, steel magnate Hank Rearden, struggle against "looters" who want to exploit their productivity.

Ray Gruszecki

April 27, 2021