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Cellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devices (lemy.lol)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Anyone else remember then being the cool new thing instead of a mandatory one?

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

I think the Party members were required to have telescreens, but the proles were not because they were seen as unimportant and incapable of organizing a rebellion.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    But that's the thing, from my understanding, you don't have to be a party member. You can become a prole. At one point, Winston and Julia discuss becoming proles but dismiss that and I assume that's a satire of how the middle class refuse to give up their status and thus accept oppressive technology.

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