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I used to teach *1984* in conjunction with *Brave New World* to my senior students and each time I taught it, I learned something new from it. A brilliant book! I have to say that over the years that I taught it, it became easier and easier for students to relate it to their current world. Sad and scary, unfortunately, there are way too many sheep in the world who just don't see it, or just don't care.
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Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really investigate to see what is really there. We embrace illusions only because we are presented with the illusion that they are embraced by the majority. When in truth, they only become popular because they are pounded at us by the media with such an intensity and high level of repetition that its mere force disguises lies and truths. And like obedient schoolchildren, we do not question their validity and swallow everything up like medicine. Why? Because since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right. Sheep only need a single flock, but people need two: one to belong to and make them feel comfortable, and another to blame all of society’s problems on.
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>Sheep only need a single flock, but people need two: one to belong to and make them feel comfortable, and another to blame all of society’s problems on. So true! My father always said, *the blind leading the blind* :) Merry Christmas buddy!
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