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Modern Politics: Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman and then wiped out anyPOSTMAN: But we had forgotten that alongside Orwells dark vision, there was anotherslightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxleys Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxleys vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and