Jeffrey Wasserstrom

But it's not specifically about China. And so censorship is most restrictive when it's things that are actually about China. Things about leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, there's intense kind of censorship of that and certain events in that way. But a sort of like

But it's not specifically about China. And so censorship is most restrictive when it's things that are actually about China. Things about leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, there's intense kind of censorship of that and certain events in that way. But a sort of like

But it's not specifically about China. And so censorship is most restrictive when it's things that are actually about China. Things about leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, there's intense kind of censorship of that and certain events in that way. But a sort of like

something through allegory, something through imagining a place that looks a lot like a communist party ruled state so that people are going to read it. There were things that were banned throughout, up until like the very last period of Gorbachev's rule, bad things banned in the Soviet Union that are available in Chinese bookstores. You can buy 1984 in a Chinese bookstore.

something through allegory, something through imagining a place that looks a lot like a communist party ruled state so that people are going to read it. There were things that were banned throughout, up until like the very last period of Gorbachev's rule, bad things banned in the Soviet Union that are available in Chinese bookstores. You can buy 1984 in a Chinese bookstore.

something through allegory, something through imagining a place that looks a lot like a communist party ruled state so that people are going to read it. There were things that were banned throughout, up until like the very last period of Gorbachev's rule, bad things banned in the Soviet Union that are available in Chinese bookstores. You can buy 1984 in a Chinese bookstore.

You've been able to since 1985. You can buy, again, it's not about China. And actually for some people within China in the mid 1980s, where they focused on the part of 1984, that's like the two minutes of hate, these rituals of denunciation of people. For some people in China, it seemed like it was about their past, not about their present.

You've been able to since 1985. You can buy, again, it's not about China. And actually for some people within China in the mid 1980s, where they focused on the part of 1984, that's like the two minutes of hate, these rituals of denunciation of people. For some people in China, it seemed like it was about their past, not about their present.

You've been able to since 1985. You can buy, again, it's not about China. And actually for some people within China in the mid 1980s, where they focused on the part of 1984, that's like the two minutes of hate, these rituals of denunciation of people. For some people in China, it seemed like it was about their past, not about their present.

And then by the 90s, 1984 is a very bleak culture of scarcity, a place where people just aren't having fun. And people said, like, you could read, some people would read 1984 and say, look, this is the world we're living in. It's a big brother state. But others said, well, that has some similarities to us, but... you know, he wasn't talking about a country like ours.

And then by the 90s, 1984 is a very bleak culture of scarcity, a place where people just aren't having fun. And people said, like, you could read, some people would read 1984 and say, look, this is the world we're living in. It's a big brother state. But others said, well, that has some similarities to us, but... you know, he wasn't talking about a country like ours.

And then by the 90s, 1984 is a very bleak culture of scarcity, a place where people just aren't having fun. And people said, like, you could read, some people would read 1984 and say, look, this is the world we're living in. It's a big brother state. But others said, well, that has some similarities to us, but... you know, he wasn't talking about a country like ours.

Look, we've got supermarkets, we've got McDonald's. I mean, this is not, you know, we've got fast trains. We got things are, we're living so much better in some ways than our grandparents did. And this isn't like that bleak world he was imagining.

Look, we've got supermarkets, we've got McDonald's. I mean, this is not, you know, we've got fast trains. We got things are, we're living so much better in some ways than our grandparents did. And this isn't like that bleak world he was imagining.

Look, we've got supermarkets, we've got McDonald's. I mean, this is not, you know, we've got fast trains. We got things are, we're living so much better in some ways than our grandparents did. And this isn't like that bleak world he was imagining.

There are mixed elements. I think there are moments when it can seem more one than the other. And there can be parts of the same country that seem more one than the other. And if we just think about control through distraction and...

There are mixed elements. I think there are moments when it can seem more one than the other. And there can be parts of the same country that seem more one than the other. And if we just think about control through distraction and...

There are mixed elements. I think there are moments when it can seem more one than the other. And there can be parts of the same country that seem more one than the other. And if we just think about control through distraction and...

playing to your sense of pleasure and one thing that people forget sometimes or don't know is that Aldous Huxley who wrote Brave New World taught Eric Blair who became George Orwell when he was a student at Eden and they were sort of rivals and in fact in 1949 Orwell sent his former teacher a copy of 1984 and said, you know, look, I've written this.

playing to your sense of pleasure and one thing that people forget sometimes or don't know is that Aldous Huxley who wrote Brave New World taught Eric Blair who became George Orwell when he was a student at Eden and they were sort of rivals and in fact in 1949 Orwell sent his former teacher a copy of 1984 and said, you know, look, I've written this.