(October 24, 2021 at 4:44 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:(October 24, 2021 at 8:51 am)Nomad Wrote: The original Big Brother from Nineteen Eighty-Four. There's quite a lot written in that book about the Party's obsession with controlling sex, and why. Religions, by and large, do the same kind of thing as described in the book.Oh, silly old me. I took the reference as contemporary.
Of Course I've read 1984 and seen both films. ( The first one is better imo) In the book, Smith's girlfriend Julia is a member of the anti sex league. In the IT age that kind of control doesn't seem as fanciful.
Seems we were making the same point.
Don't worry I was drunkish at the time and being unusually laconic. But the point in the book that by making people frustrated and unable to access their natural proclivities is a great way to control them in other areas is one that has been found by many authoritarian groups down the years.
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