5/20/2023 0 Comments Richer than sin by meghan march![]() The totalitarian regime of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 burned books, yet encouraged the watching of television. ![]() ![]() George Orwell’s 1984 had the telescreen, a Ring-like device that surveilled and broadcast at the same time. But I kept thinking about those clips, posted by customers who saw themselves as directors and populated by people who, in the course of doing one job, had been stage-managed into another.ĭystopias often share a common feature: Amusement, in their skewed worlds, becomes a means of captivity rather than escape. Watching that video, I did what I often do when taking in the news these days: I stared in disbelief, briefly wondered about the difference between the dystopian and the merely weird, and went about my business. Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. ![]()
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