Examples Of Modern Technology In 1984 By George Orwell
Modern day technology is basically parallel to the world in 1984. The difference is society voluntarily inserts themselves into technological control. The advances we have had in technology such as smart tv's, social media, and how the government controls society's minds are examples of how we mirror Oceania's totalitarian government. Modern life merely resemembles the life presented in George Orwell's 1984.
Oceania's government's goal was to brainwash its' citizens into believing that the way they live is ethical. They don't allow society to think otherwise, or that there is any other lifestyle better than their own. The government forces society to only have one thought, and it's that this is how life is and should be, and if any person thinks otherwise, they …show more content…
The government created the fear in society the same way Oceania's government created the image that their lifestyles' were untoppable. Just like
Oceania's citizens, Americans bought into the government's propoganda. This shows the resemblance of how our government and Oceania's relate in controlling their citizens thoughts.
What is this generation of society giving almost their full attention to? Social media. it consumes every aspect of our population's minds, the same way Oceania's totalitarian government controls theirs. Our government and other superiors use social media to spread and promote ideas to its' citizens. We are all so mindlessly sucked into social media that we all become the targetted victims of the government's tactics, in which we fall for. This resembles the way Oceania's government prevents thought crime. They promote how great the government is in protecting its' citizens, and to prove that point, they created two minutes hate which reveals those who have committed a crime, generating anger and stronger belief towards the government, from society. Our society is no different from Oceania's by the way both our government consumes our
Oceania's government's goal was to brainwash its' citizens into believing that the way they live is ethical. They don't allow society to think otherwise, or that there is any other lifestyle better than their own. The government forces society to only have one thought, and it's that this is how life is and should be, and if any person thinks otherwise, they …show more content…
The government created the fear in society the same way Oceania's government created the image that their lifestyles' were untoppable. Just like
Oceania's citizens, Americans bought into the government's propoganda. This shows the resemblance of how our government and Oceania's relate in controlling their citizens thoughts.
What is this generation of society giving almost their full attention to? Social media. it consumes every aspect of our population's minds, the same way Oceania's totalitarian government controls theirs. Our government and other superiors use social media to spread and promote ideas to its' citizens. We are all so mindlessly sucked into social media that we all become the targetted victims of the government's tactics, in which we fall for. This resembles the way Oceania's government prevents thought crime. They promote how great the government is in protecting its' citizens, and to prove that point, they created two minutes hate which reveals those who have committed a crime, generating anger and stronger belief towards the government, from society. Our society is no different from Oceania's by the way both our government consumes our