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kleinbl00 · 3383 days ago · link · · parent · post: What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry
It's important to distinguish between the UK and the United States. Remember - both Huxley and Orwell were British, and wrote trite little books about the dystopia that would probably happen eventually because humankind is fucked. The closest American parallel is Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, wherein the rise and fall of Huey Long is fictionalized as a lesson to American readers about not only the dangers of Fascism but also what to do about it. The British have always been complacent in the face of adversity. That's why the US is no longer a colony. Remember: Independence Day celebrates throwing off the yoke of British tyrrany. Guy Fawkes Day celebrates the survival of an oppressive king that personally tortured witches.