George Orwell, 2007

I recommend 1984 to every American(you'll know why when you finish), once you finish compare it to your daily life then like everyone else who reads it stand back and shout "OMFG HE WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!" Minitrue is FOXnews for example
it will definitely make you a better human


Note: if you are suffering from depression you should probably give this a miss because it might push you over the edge.




Also i realize the irony in asking Americans to read so don't point it out thanks.

1984 reflects our society very well. Except ours happens to be more complex. Instead of having things simply organized by the government into a controlling society, we have more extensive means of control.

We have credit scores and advertising instead of Big Brother. The government doesn't need to keep tabs on you here for the most part because you have a credit file that follows you around for the rest of your life that tells anyone that matters everything about you.

Crimestop: "The faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. In short....protective stupidity."

tl;dr, MTV. How many kids grow up with no interest in global matters or their own rights so long as the OC is there to entertain them and let them observe passively instead of participate actively?

And everyone knows freedom of speech doesn't matter two fucks. Honestly, in America you can say just about anything you want and you wont be persecuted. However, that doesn't really help if distribution of speech drowns you out. You'll never get your message out on mass media and working underground you reach a very small base.