A Comparison of George Orwells Totalitarian World of...

Orwells Totalitarian World of 1984 is America in 2004 Orwells allegorical critique of Stalinism in 1984 is often used in capitalist nations as a poignant literary attack on Communism and other collectivist economic and political systems. The argument often follows the lines of This is socialism, and as you can see, it doesnt work and just leads to oppression. Were in a nice capitalist democracy, therefore we are better off. But is that conclusion the truth? Orwell didnt just intend 1984 as an attack on communism or socialism; instead it is both an attack and a rather prophetic warning against any authoritarian structure, including the authoritarian structure of capitalist democracies. Often we do not equate†¦show more content†¦The powerful get away with this through propaganda and bias in the media. The telescreens of America come in the forms of CNN or the New York Times. The corporate media touts the successes of democracy in foreign nations without saying how it was achieved (through U.S. military and economic interventions). It has reached the point where the powerful have set America into a perpetual state of doublethink, where our leaders say one thing but mean the other. To find examples of this doublethink, one needs only to look at the works of linguistics pioneer Noam Chomsky. For the last few decades, Chomsky has focused his work on the connections between language and politics. In his latest book, Profit Over People, Chomsky is forced to differentiate between democracy (as we think it is) and really-existing democratic theory (the counter-democratic system that actually exists). Most of the nations of Latin America and Southeast Asia are currently running under the really-existing democratic theory pushed on them by the USA, a system where real democracy is only allowed if it serves the business interests of America. Chomsky describes in depth this anti-democracy in many of his works such as What Uncle Sam Really Wants. The same problems exist with free trade. The media leads Americans to believe that free trade is a system with glorious benefits for everyone, in which all people are free to participateShow MoreRelatedGeorge Orwell s Brave New World1601 Words   |  7 Pagesto predict what the future holds for our society. If one was to narrow their focus on the past century they would see the works and predictions of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. Both Huxley and Orwell, as one could infer, composed novels that describe future societies and their inner workings. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, where members of society originate from a lab and who’s lives are pre-determined by the controllers. The controllers of Huxley’s futuristic society’s fundamental goalRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesthought-provoking, witty and highly relevant for understanding contemporary organizational dilemmas. The book engages in an imaginative way with a wealth of organizational concepts and theories as well as provides insightful examples from the practical world of organizations. The authors’ sound scholarship and transparent style of writing set the book apart, making it an ingenious read which invites reflexivity, criticalness and plurality of opinion from the audience. This is a book that will become a