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Re:1984 v. Brave New World by jjoonathan on Thursday October 23, 2014 @05:12PM (#8500785)
Then it should be easy to argue the point instead of offering feigned surprise that someone might think that way.
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Re:1984 v. Brave New World by gweinberg on Thursday October 23, 2014 @06:02PM (#8501001)
Good and bad are fundamentally subjective. If you look at BNW and think "that's not so bad", we;ll just have to agree to disagree.
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Re:1984 v. Brave New World by JacksonGariety on Friday October 24, 2014 @04:47AM (#8502727)
But now the "intellectuals" (like OP) who have the power are drastically far removed from the common person, and thus their opinions of good and evil are harmful.
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