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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Orwell also got it wrong not predicting people would not want to turn of their telescreens

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Absolutely. IIRC, the option of turning them off was only available to very high ranking members and even then only for relatively short periods of time.

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