Argumentative EssayIn that point of time, it may have seemed to Postman that Huxley??™s vision was relevant and Orwell??™s wasn??™t. But during this period of time it is quite the contrary. If someone takes a look at the world there are dictators and people living in countries with dictators aren??™t happy with that. People want freedom not control. 1984 wasn??™t the year that totalitarian governments showed up but maybe in a later future it will.
Postman??™s assertion that we would be ruined by our pleasures isn??™t relevant in this society compared to being ruined by dictators. What Orwell feared is happening right now, although at a smaller scale, and that people are uprising against their leaders as seen in the world right now, and leaders of countries are fighting back to stay in power. There may be a time when a totalitarian state ruling the world will happen. Countries with one party governments have no opposition and therefore can control the people and the country their own way. Cuba, China, Vietnam, and Syria among others, are in this category. One party governments are able to rule freely and no one can go against them. Countries like these are what appeared in the novel 1984.
They are succumb to their own rules and therefore not held accountable for what they do by others. Countries like these are what destroy people since they aren??™t acting or thinking in a certain way. Revolutions are happening throughout the world. In Libya, the dictator, Muammar Gaddafi have been ousted and dealt with and open the way for a new government. Another example of a revolution would include Egypt who forced the dictator, Hosni Mubarak, to resign his position and leave the country. What Huxley feared is not being seen as people hate those who rule them and give them no freedom. Countries in northern Africa and the middle east have having revolutions and beginning to remove their leaders.
People want more freedoms not constrictions. Opposing the dictatorial governments and rebelling and revolting can bring down their power and influence. Leaders in countries such as Syria and Yemen are fighting back to stay in power.
Syria is a one party government and removing the leader removes the party in a sense. By removing the leader, the whole party becomes defunct and are without a leader. Governments like these conceal things from the people and that is not a good thing. If citizens start seeing things that seem fishy they are going to want answers. This is the very thing Orwell feared, not Huxley.
People are being oppressed by their countries??™ leaders and being oppressed leaves you with little freedom. As Orwell feared totalitarian states, one party governments with no opposition, and citizens losing their freedoms, their comes unrest. Oppression causes people to revolt and opposition is good. Orwell feared dictators would ruin us and he predicted correctly, just not the right year. The time will come when dictators would surely destroy us and now is the time to stop it. I strongly disagree with Postman??™s assertion that Huxley??™s vision would be relevant today and it is the very opposite.
