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Slartibartfast39 t1_iucj3uv wrote

It's been too many years since I read it but I'd say there are happy people in 1984. There will be people that believe in the system. There will be people in a loving relationship. There will be people who are so inured to the system and the restrictions they don't even think about how it could be different. I think Pratchett said something like "Normal is yesterday, last week, and last month averaged out." People are fantastic at seeing things as 'normal'.

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TheChocolateMelted t1_iud6eai wrote

There is an example of 'happy' person who believes in the system: Tom Parsons. Yet, as we see, despite him swallowing everything, raising his kids in the beliefs of the party, etc., he still isn't happy at his core and, by talking in his sleep, inevitably demonstrates he wants something different ... Parsons is determined to accept the party philosophy, but still isn't able to convince himself to do so.

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Slartibartfast39 t1_iudhcvq wrote

Excellent. I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. Time to re-read it. I read A Brave New World recently.

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