There is always something we disagree with the majority. So here’s a thread to talk about it.
Mine is this: 
is an overrated, over quoted above average book, not bad, but far from being a masterpiece. Animal farm is Orwell’s best work of fiction and Brave New World is a much superior and plausible dystopia. 1984 style oppression is just hyperbole.
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I don't think 1984 is meant to be taken literally, or at least I never perceived it as an 'accurate' description of an oppressive authoritarian state. It's more of an exploration as to why we would want to avoid it
I don't have any hot takes myself because I am uneducated pig and should read more. I've bought myself Dostoevsky's Idiot a year ago and still haven't touched it cause I couldn't find the time (this is a cope btw)
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