I always thought BNW was better than 1984 in a lot of ways. I mean, as a kid you're supposed to be scared of Communism and how horrible it is, and how it's this oppressive spy state whatever. But BNW goes the opposite direction where there's all this stuff to buy and all this entertainment and junk, and it's not the official Communism-is-bad line you're supposed to completely believe.
I think the religion thing is a time deal. You couldn't dare say religion was bad when either book was written. Even though at the time various Christian organizations had gleefully played along with the Nazis, been behind a batch of horrendous stuff in the USA, and were about to be part of McCarthyism and so on. Nope. Then as now you're supposed to say religion is this wonderful good thing.
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Date: 2008-06-26 08:44 pm (UTC)I think the religion thing is a time deal. You couldn't dare say religion was bad when either book was written. Even though at the time various Christian organizations had gleefully played along with the Nazis, been behind a batch of horrendous stuff in the USA, and were about to be part of McCarthyism and so on. Nope. Then as now you're supposed to say religion is this wonderful good thing.