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1984 Post 8

    An unquestionable way to keep the real world from spiraling into an Orwelian society is to not give the government too much power. If the government has too much power, the citizens could be stripped of their rights and it could quickly turn into a tyranny. Another way is to try to not deepen the class divide. We see an extreme caste system in 1984 with the proles not knowing anything, and being conditioned to believe that anything the Party says is correct. We don’t want to create an extreme class divide in the real world to the point where a certain group or class would barely have any rights or be vastly below another. Another way is by preserving our history. The erasure of history in 1984 is something that Orwell talks about fairly in-depth. The Party erased all past history so they could rewrite it themselves. Keeping our history in the real world and learning from our past mistakes is an evident way to make sure that a whole society will never be conditioned to believe everything the government tells them. 

What do you think is the best method to preventing an Orwelian society?

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