Zaza Shatirishvili’s letter on dystopian literature and social control

In a lengthy letter, philosopher Zaza Shatirishvili examines the works of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley as instruments for managing society and total control. According to Shatirishvili, the slogan used in Orwell's novel "1984", "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength", represents a formula of "ambiguity" that forces people to believe in mutually exclusive information. 1TV+4

In Shatirishvili's assessment, the "Thought Police" in "Oceania" punishes any person who doubts the narrative established by the state. The author notes that the system maintains power through constant propaganda, fear, violence, and the daily rewriting of the past. 1TV+3

Regarding Huxley's "Brave New World", Shatirishvili writes that the main mechanism of control in this dystopia is entertainment and superficial pleasure. According to him, emotions and family relationships are prohibited in this world, and a narcotic substance is used to cope with stress, which creates an illusion of artificial happiness. 1TV+3

According to 1tv, Shatirishvili believes that the methods described by Orwell and Huxley are evident today in the actions of global oligarchic forces that manage the international media space and possess large economic resources. According to Rustavi2, Shatirishvili also speaks about the attempt to impose a "pseudo-liberal" ideology and the encouragement of the degradation of family values in the media. 1TV+1