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[–] RSNBH 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Huxley was right about the control of the individual through distractions and pleasure, but Orwell was certainly right about more philosophical ideas like Newspeak, thoughtcrime, historical revisionism, and concepts like War is Peace where a word starts to mean the opposite of what it used to mean for political purposes.