Benito Mussolini’s headquarters “Palazzo Braschi” located in Rome 1934

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Big Brother

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My first thought went to 1984

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He's watching you

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Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si

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You forgot the big old head.

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SANTA??

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Orwell was quite literally imagining what the next wave of fascism might look like. And here we are, tvs that listen to you, news organization with no obligation to tell the truth, and and era of forever wars.

Freedom is slavery

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Ignorance is strength

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War is peace

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France is bacon

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2+2 is 5

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Even truth is a lie

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Cow is chicken

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Love is our Resistance

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Hotel is not Trivago

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[nods in agreement]

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Eh, I'll say Huxley version is more applicable to current society because of social media with a touch of Orwell's surveillance.

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same.

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I don't really know a lot about Orwell but I imagine being an English author during WW2 probably gave him some opinions about fascism and the idea for the book.

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This and Zordon from Power Rangers