Other fiction like 1984 that deals with mind-control, brainwash, and have that overwhelming sense of helplessness? Doesn't necessarily have to be a dystopia or political in general.
Do the Scientology experience.
The Foundation Pit - Andrei Platonov
Huxley's "Brave New World"
>>7432635
That's interesting, I've never thought about the parallels between 1984 and BNW, cheers bro!
Child Abuse in the Classroom - Phyllis Schlafly
Clockwork Orange - Burgess
Real life, if you live in a first world country
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>>7432920
>1984 is not an instruction manual
*tips*
>>7432529
Darkness at Noon, The Girl Next Door, The Ruins, The Giver
>>7433301
>Tell that to the governments of the United States
I live in NH, the only evidence of govt I see are schools, state liquor stores, traffic enforcement, and road repair.
>>7432930
>not seeing the correlation between the sapir-Whorf hypotheses and modern media
Enjoy your blue pill