Great Depression + Technology = 1984?

[Guernica]

When Orwell mentioned "victory gin" and "victory coffee" I immediately thought of the "victory gardens" deppression-era families would grow in order to save food and money. He also mention the Great Depression (Great?) closer to the beginning of the novel... but most likely because he can't exactly predict the future of what would happen between his writing the novel and the actual 1984.

Basically, the ideas of 1984 sound to me like a much more technology-advanced (and slightly more unsettling) Great Depression.

[lukgem]

yes i agree,scarcity of neccesary goods stupefied the people and their drudgery seemed to shrink their humanity.consumable goods were made to be destroyed in war which was a good mechanism for the destruction of the creation of wealth,and technological advance was saved for military and surveillance measures.

[Enjoi.]

Good comparisons. Orwell wrote all of this off of what he lived through and the thought and belief that history repeats itself. This is a technologically advanced Great Depression. Technological Great Depression=Economic crisis of today?

[lukgem]

yes enjoi,but its all hidden in plain sight it seems.apparently the second biggest global industry is the making of floating fortresses and the explosion of rocket bombs on slightly less favoured proles,the science is extremely advanced.yet much of the worlds population still lives in abject poverty,nearly 3 billion people live on $2.50 a day,and here in oceania our money is becoming worth less daily,i think your equation is spot on.

[Enjoi.]

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