Orwell's 1984 Political Geography

DoireNod

I decided to post this here instead of the politics forum.

How many of you have read George Orwell's 1984? I'd imagine a fair few of you have read it. It's such a well done book, so if you haven't read it, it's certainly worth a look.

Orwell wrote the book in the 1940s I believe and some of his projections are well-documented and scarily accurate. I was recently thinking about the whole United States of Europe thing, on the back of the Lisbon Treaty and the political geography popped into my mind again. You'd think that politicians and the powers-that-be are using 1984 as a road-map to the future!

Here it is:

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If we had rejected Lisbon we would have remained a part of Oceania which probably would not have made much difference in the long term when all these super continents merge to form the upcoming Global order. :eek:

The book is surprisingly accurate for something that was written back in 1948

DoireNod

There are positive aspects to the concept of universal government, but there are also countless negative aspects.

Some old proverbs come to mind:

'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'

'Variety is the spice of life'