Это из книги - Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
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We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn't, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. the roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares.
But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell's dark vision, there was another--slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Хаксли писал про потребительство, Оруелл - про лживые ангажированные СМИ. На деле получилась комбинация того и того. Можно сказать, Оруелл - телевизор, Хаксли - интернет.
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