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		Kell on Aug 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimida... That's probably because Orwell's utopia is too extreme to happen... the steps that lead to it are too radical, and can only happen in some extreme circonstances. So Orwell was a little paranoid... but Huxley was spot on.

ahoy on Aug 19, 2013 [–]

Except for the orgy-porgy part. Still waiting on those to start up, Aldous.

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