I think also that a society like Brave New World will outcompete a society like 1984. You can get agricultural labor to perform at the point of a gun, but you can't really develop engineering talent the same way. Though maybe if one stratifies society the right way, it is possible somehow.
A lot of modern Foucault-ish social theory is around how we manufacture/ enculturate the desires of a populace and they basically oppressive themselves with little or no maintenance....
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I think also that a society like Brave New World will outcompete a society like 1984. You can get agricultural labor to perform at the point of a gun, but you can't really develop engineering talent the same way. Though maybe if one stratifies society the right way, it is possible somehow.
A lot of modern Foucault-ish social theory is around how we manufacture/ enculturate the desires of a populace and they basically oppressive themselves with little or no maintenance....