Is 1984 not kinda old fashioned? Or is it still applicable on current times

It does. Oceania was left a little bit mysterious to keep the setting timeless. You learn a lot, but it's far from enough.

Orwell's other books like Animal Farm are easier to understand

1984 is much more complex

Due to how little the book tells you about the world of 1984

Even animal farm gets bastardized, sadly.

What's one example you've seen?

Whats animal farm about?

everyone and their mother using "Some animals are more equal than others" quote wrongly.

Just became a platitude.

@Stresbal political Charlotte's Web.

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Ok where is dank memer bot

https://youtu.be/cqgWzWD1w68

Guys, Bernie Sanders plan is crazy.

https://youtu.be/mhMJHVcB47U

Dumping trillions into war when our people are sick and hungry is crazy

Letting insurance companies and big pharma be in control of our healthcare and wellbeing is crazy

Punishing people with crippling debt for getting educated is crazy

Not paying people a living wage, leading them to work multiple jobs (and STILL struggling to make ends meet) is crazy

Americans being forced to travel to other countries (often third world shitholes) to get medical care is crazy

The war on drugs is crazy

The income inequality is crazy

Oh yeah, about that:
https://twitter.com/JiveBunnyMuzik/status/1219698105622368257

HUNGRY KIDS in America is crazy. We have kids who can't afford school lunches, in places where these are not subsidized. We have CHILDREN who are in DEBT to the school for their school lunches. For some of them, it's the only meal of their day.

Retroactively enacting financial policies is not how it works lol, what a stupid argument

Like, if a cigarette tax is suddenly lifted - everyone who paid it in the past should get reimbursed?

Don't be stupid.

Though I will say Warren's "of course not" is a bit callous

I doubt Bernie would answer the question in the same way

I can sympathize with that man. It's like buying a game on Steam and then it goes on sale a week later

@Dr.Cosby Hungry kids already get food in America. In fact, they eat more expensive food then I do most of the time.

It is stupid that insurance and pharmacies take over healthcare, but do you really think Bernie’s plan will stop that?

Income inequality is not necessarily stupid. As long as companies are not discriminating people because of skin or gender (which would be stupid for companies)

Complete bullshit, yes, and yes it is

I'll elaborate on the last one - some amount of income inequality is GOOD, but it's extremely skewed in a really bad way. Not sure why you're bringing discrimination up - I am talking about income distribution between the wealthiest and the rest

Sort of old data (top one especially, only up to 2010), there are better graphs out there

@Dr.Cosby Socialism? That’s absolutely stupid!

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on) These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.