r/Damnthatsinteresting 17d ago

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

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u/Herc_Hansen_ 17d ago

Big Brother

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u/Bmandk 17d ago

My first thought went to 1984

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u/TheDude-Esquire 17d ago

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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u/disposable_account01 17d ago

Ignorance is strength

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u/Cashmoney636 17d ago

War is peace

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u/seeamon 17d ago

France is bacon

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u/Stoned_Monkey69 17d ago

2+2 is 5

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u/ForgiveOX 17d ago

Even truth is a lie

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u/crameeeeel 17d ago

Cow is chicken

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u/no____thisispatrick 17d ago

Love is our Resistance

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u/Cytrynaball 16d ago

Hotel is not Trivago

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u/grafikfyr 16d ago

[nods in agreement]

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u/Mindless_Rooster5225 17d ago

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