by Gulam ASGAR MITHA , Oriental Review =
Recently I was listening to Jerry Day’s video titled We Are Being Judged By What We Permit To Be Done. He says “As Germany was in 1939, America is today bringing unprovoked horror and death to a host of countries (Muslim of course).” There is hardly any untruth in what he has to say. There is a general consensus that the Great War for the survival of this civilization is fast becoming a reality. but then when will the war start? Just as a tree takes time to bear fruits from when the seed is planted, similarly the seeds of war have been planted starting with the Arab Spring in Egypt in December 2010. Seven years later, the roots of the tree are strong in the heart of the Middle Eastern oil regions and the fruits may be ripe.
George Orwell published his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in 1948, which has since received glowing reviews, read extensively and taught in schools. Orwell’s French teacher from Eton was none other than Aldous Huxley who wrote Brave New World in 1931, the other great 20th century dystopian novel. Huxley’s book anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to profoundly change society. Huxley wrote a letter to Orwell praising the book, describing it as “profoundly important.” He continues, “The philosophy of the ruling minority in Nineteen Eighty-Four is sadism which has been carried to its logical conclusion by going beyond sex and denying it.” Huxley continues, “Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face (hard kick) can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. My own belief is that the ruling oligarchy will find less arduous and wasteful ways of governing and of satisfying its lust for power, and these ways will resemble those which I described in Brave New World.”
