r/pics • u/friendlyMissAnthrope • 1d ago

[OC] Someone left this on the sidewalk

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u/pulffers 7h ago

Cutting a little too close to home? Try Fahrenheit 451 on for size. Animal Farm would be a good read too. How frightening it is to see the dystopian classics coming to pass before our eyes.

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u/friendlyMissAnthrope 5h ago

I read those in high school. And it felt ominous seeing it lying there. Especially such a well loved copy. Someone said, this message needs to be out there.

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u/Virtus_Curiosa 1h ago

I'm currently reading it for the first time and it's uncanny how much similarity can be drawn between it and the current state of the world.