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Orwell believed that our world was heading towards a world under the boot of tyrants. Huxley believed that we would not be subdued and enslaved by force, but by being made to not care about freedom by being pacified by triviality. In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman pointed out in the 1980s how right Huxley was being shown to be by the American obsession with television.
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Orwell believed that our world was heading towards a world under the boot of tyrants. Huxley believed that we would not be subdued and enslaved by force, but by being made to not care about freedom by being pacified by triviality. In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman pointed out in the 1980s how right Huxley was being shown to be by the American obsession with television.