1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401

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In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big Brother, and making us think about surveillance, the role of government, and how language can play a huge part in repressive regimes.
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@arianalarson8065 5 жыл бұрын

John Green: “most of you are probably watching this in a school right now” Me: bold of you to assume I’m not alone in my house at night binging literary content

@nonyanonya6292 4 жыл бұрын

But youre not alone...big google is watching you

@quietmike4791 4 жыл бұрын

That's what I do, lol.

@mariazenithis 4 жыл бұрын

@@quietmike4791 I was looking for this comment, me too

@edomedo633 4 жыл бұрын

Ariana Larson not funny

@chubbachuubs6199 4 жыл бұрын

Meeeeeee

@sukhroopsingh6038 5 жыл бұрын

Did you know the hardcover copy of 1984 is $19.84? I'm not joking.

@shenghan9385 5 жыл бұрын

Right. No adjustment for inflation or exchange rates. And as always. How long can the publisher past if the book is always on constant high demand.

@louise-yo7kz 5 жыл бұрын

😋😊

@michaeldengg 5 жыл бұрын

sad cus its $49.99 here in NZ

@JohnP.Conley-gt5ce 5 жыл бұрын

YOU are an idiot.

@BetterDeadThanRed99 5 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldengg Pirate an electronic copy instead. Orwell is dead so it's not like you'd be supporting the author at all anyway.

@ericgrabowski1468 6 жыл бұрын

"What thoughts cant I think because of the language ive inherited" ? Blew my mind.

@Zeldarw104 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, very profound indeed.🤔

@chayawyn2065 6 жыл бұрын

"If thought can corrupt language, then language can also corrupt thought." I have my English exam on 1984 in 6 days; you've saved my life once again, John Green !

@Simplebeing2435 6 жыл бұрын

I had always thought the clock striking 13 was meant to indicate military time, which ends up being very indicative of the society they live in

@MeepFaceJohn 6 жыл бұрын

Katie Hemingway I agree, 24 hour clocks are normal in many countries.

@stamasd8500 6 жыл бұрын

Like Britain for instance.

@thejewdriver 6 жыл бұрын

It’s really odd that he didn’t pick up on that.

@kbennett4707 6 жыл бұрын

in 1940s, they used 12-hour clocks in Britain. Part of Big Brother is that if the society says something is, it is. Don't gawk at the change or you'll be taken away. Accept it.

@AlexPope1668 6 жыл бұрын

It was really just a way for Orwell to tell the reader right away: this world is messed up, yo. It'd be similar to starting a story: The sun shone purple, as it had always done. The reader had to be prepared for the familiar (the sun/the clock) to be made strange (purple/to strike 13) because that's the foundation of the horror of Winston's world. It should invoke an uncanny valley-like discomfort in the reader. Orwell's warning: this clearly isn't your world, but if you're not careful, it could be.

@vonneely1977 6 жыл бұрын

This video is double-plus good!

@Gulgathydra 6 жыл бұрын

I give it only a good. Maybe a plus good with the second installment. It is better than ungood.

@merrittanimation7721 6 жыл бұрын

Gulgathydra or doubleplusungood

@titanuranus3095 6 жыл бұрын

The guy thinks that Orwell was a Socialdemocrat while he in fact was an anarchist or the very least a liberterian socialist. Green also has no clue as to the foreign politics of the soviet union during the 30's, Orwell was obviously critiquing the counterrevolutionary popular front tactics that moscow demanded of foreign comintern parties.

@caliburncelt1987 6 жыл бұрын

+Titan Uranus Orwell, while not a fan of Russia before the International Brigades, came to hate them because of the actions of the commissariat rather than the secretariat. While fairly libertarian I doubt he was an Anarcho-communist/socialist. He believed more in the responsibilities of state rather than being anti-statist, and actively hated Stalin for his betrayal of the proletarian dream that communists and socialists share rather than being driven by dislike of a bureaucratic system.

@oliviathomas547 6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@linkfan160 5 жыл бұрын

This book blew my mind. Scarily relevant to what's going on in the world today. Great video.

@Lufigueroaa 4 жыл бұрын

wait how? I mean i’ve never heard of this man but what going on in the world today ?

@blindpink 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lufigueroaa You getting it now....?

@tonybennett987 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely! A radical global NWO is being in the works now. The global elites are just working on getting the U.S. out of the way as leader of the free world.

@imnotselma3305 6 жыл бұрын

In Norwegian, we only have one word for both dependence and addiction: avhengighet. When I talk about either of them in English, there seems to me to be a clear cut distinction between the two; they are two different concepts with different weight and associations to them. But when I talk about it in Norwegian, the distinction becomes blurry not only in my speech, but in my own mind as well.

@lightsideofsin8969 5 жыл бұрын

I am German and I feel the same way. You can separate the two in German but almost nobody does it. We also talk about it as the same concept. That's how language shapes our thoughts. I love and hate that because I can't think with words that I don't have. I feel like it limits me.

@bamboowutthilaohaphan1976 4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. So yes to John Green's question that does the limitation of language limits thought too. Because language is a way to communicate. Without it, we won't be able to understand the data we receiving or sending out

@TiffyVella1 4 жыл бұрын

Denise- yes! I'm an English speaker, but a friend who speaks both German and English once described some useful German words that English definitely needs to adopt, because the concepts are so useful. He said that he loved being able to hop between languages because it gave him quicker access to more concepts. Our thoughts are limited by the language that we use to both express and contain our ideas with. Orwell certainly understood this well. Also, in English, dependence and addiction are related but different ideas. They both describe states where a person crucially needs something in order to function, but the use of the words will differ, and the causes behind both may differ. Addiction often has a more negative meaning. Dependence can be quite natural, for example the dependence of a child upon their parents. Addiction is often used more clinically- eg- a physical addiction to a chemical substance. Both have nuances.

@dickiller2199 4 жыл бұрын

In Russian language we too have only one word for both addiction and dependence - зависимость.

@nataliebutler 4 жыл бұрын

So in Norwegian and Russian would you effectively be saying a child is addicted to their parents? 😄

@shawnhughes4192 5 жыл бұрын

13 is a reference to the "11th hour" its the opposite of one hour before as its an hour after the clock strikes 12 meaning its too late...

@gusto1765 5 жыл бұрын

It seems to be foreshadowing

@onepunch9203 5 жыл бұрын

Shawn Hughes: You're overthinking this. On a 24 hour clock (military time), 13 is 1pm.

@shawnhughes4192 5 жыл бұрын

@@onepunch9203 George Orwell while alive talked about the future consisting of complete control and inescapable slavery. He called this a "fait du compli" which is Latin for "it's already over" . For example if a basketball team is winning by 65 points with 2 minutes left in the game "it's already over, even though it's technically not over yet" this is why the 13th hour reference. It's too late already so revolution or rebellion is literally useless and has been for some time

@onepunch9203 4 жыл бұрын

@@shawnhughes4192 .....Which certainly could be too late.

@onepunch9203 4 жыл бұрын

@@shawnhughes4192 We're nearly there. Allowing money to control government is driving us inevitability towards no "middle class". Your people will either be proles or party members.

@BTsMusicChannel 6 жыл бұрын

George Carlin once said: "We think in terms of language. Therefore the quality of our thoughts is only as good as the quality of our language." In my opinion, one cannot be a free thinker except by rejecting definitions of words provided by advertisements in the form of "news" and so on.

@clanpsi 5 жыл бұрын

"What thoughts can't I think because of the language that I've inherited?" This is a really interesting point. I've lived in Japan for the better part of a decade, and while here I've come across quite a few expressions in Japanese which simply don't have equivalences in English. One example is: "お疲れ様でした。(Otsukaresamadeshita)" It's said in a number of different situations, but the most common are after finishing work or after doing something strenuous. The closest phrase in English I can think of would be: "Good job," but it doesn't convey the same meaning, which is something more along the lines of: "You worked hard and I appreciate your dedication, so try to take a good rest from now."

@uninformedopinion1668 4 жыл бұрын

Rob K in English I feel that would be “ahhhh I’m spent, honest days work”

@clanpsi 4 жыл бұрын

@@uninformedopinion1668 I guess, if you're saying it to yourself...? That isn't how it's used in Japan.

@externalthoughts2924 4 жыл бұрын

@@clanpsi Alright guys, great work today. Go home catch some rest I'll see you all come Monday

@JezaLoki 4 жыл бұрын

You’re clearly tired because you’ve worked so hard. Thank you. That’s how I interpreted it. But having said that, I’m far from fluent and shouldn’t really split hairs.

@marcusanark2541 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting example, thanks for sharing it.

@mariamawit.d4700 4 жыл бұрын

"What thoughts can't I think because of the language I've inherited?" One of the most mind blowing thing I've heard ...

@Falcrist 6 жыл бұрын

*_"If you look back at the forecasts of surveillance by George Orwell. Well... it turns out that George Orwell was an optimist."_* ~ Mikko Hypponen

@FirstRisingSouI 6 жыл бұрын

Except it's a private company - Google - that's doing the surveying, not the government. Although the government does a fair bit too.

@Falcrist 6 жыл бұрын

Google is surveilling on behalf of the government.

@Hakajin 6 жыл бұрын

What I find really funny is how much of it has to do with Capitalism, the way corporations track our purchasing histories and habits, the way stores use research to manipulate people into buying more stuff... And of course, the government is in the pocket of corporations, so it's all related.

@therealstubot 6 жыл бұрын

Try picking your nose in London without 3 cameras watching you. It's not just google.

@joshbobst1629 6 жыл бұрын

FirstRisingSouI The NSA has been doing it for years. They have an enormous data storage installation in Utah for that purpose. James Clapper, its director, was caught lying to congress about the extent of their surveilling a number of years ago, which makes me wonder why he's still quoted by the press, as if he has any credibility.

@kotaowens6978 6 жыл бұрын

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Corporations are people.

@MusketWalrus 6 жыл бұрын

Grant Owens But corporations are *made up* of people, no?

@shilohschwartz8671 5 жыл бұрын

We live in a society

@picbusket 5 жыл бұрын

@@MusketWalrus Nope. Only dogs, robots, and aliens :P

@arthurobrien7424 5 жыл бұрын

Corperations are _legal persons_ . So they can sue and be sued. Would you buy from somebody you can't sue? On the Black Market in a soviet state maybe.

@justwannabehappy6735 5 жыл бұрын

Corporations are called ''moral people". Individuals are physical people. Making a corporation a kind of people allow you to sue them.

@benderbendingrofriguez3300 6 жыл бұрын

'' War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength ''

@Sacrilege83 4 жыл бұрын

I like Diversity is Strength. So much better than United we Stand, Divided we Fall.

@Sacrilege83 4 жыл бұрын

You don't say...

@nunyabidnes5253 4 жыл бұрын

Sacrilege83 Diversity is strength. Uniformity is weakness. Antifa is antifascist. Abortions save lives. Silence is violence. Aaaand saying it’s intolerant to only say there are 2 genders while giving BISEXUALS a free pass in the lgBt movement.

@nv7287 5 жыл бұрын

Learning another language often gives a window into limitations in your own language (Or the new one)

@egg1645 6 жыл бұрын

"What thoughts can't I think because of the language that I've inherited?" This really blew my mind

@morbid1. 6 жыл бұрын

I red "1984" and "brave new world" which are both about similar things but from different political view and I must say "1984" was terrifying.

@lovelysan 6 жыл бұрын

@danzemacabre8899 4 жыл бұрын

And being conditioned at from birth and placed in your designated caste system, and then fed drugs on a daily basis to keep up the appearance of happiness wasn't? Oh wait.....that's a whole lot of us... Now!

@coby4480 4 жыл бұрын

It’s peculiar that Winston is only truly free when his spirit has been broken. He’s able to do what he wants, at anytime, and say whatever he wants to anyone.

@rexcorvorum4262 5 жыл бұрын

(6:50) No, Oceania has always been at peace with Eurasia and at war with, excuse me **quiet mumbling** Eurasia

@anemu3819 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry i think you mean Eurasia

@anemu3819 4 жыл бұрын

@xXlegit_ opsXx its a joke r/woosh

@AnimeboyIanpower 4 жыл бұрын

@xXlegit_ opsXx *[Insert "The Heavy Song" here]*

@statosphereonline2008 4 жыл бұрын

@xXlegit_ opsXx because in the book the government policy towards the enemy nations always flips after a few years to keep people scared! that was the reference that James was making. the 'What is the truth, who is the real enemy?' You missed it completely.

@JPOJRgamingandmore 6 жыл бұрын

Never clicked on a notification so fast. I love crash course, and it’s even better with John and/or Hank.

@Darwin_is_my_copilot 6 жыл бұрын

Vicki Oconnor +

@lovelysan 6 жыл бұрын

@billytrespassers3123 6 жыл бұрын

The big difference between 1984 and Brave New World is the message they convey. 1984: the things we fear will destroy us. Brave New World: the things we love will destroy us. At least that’s my take! DFTBA!

@meko98743 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the point of BNW was that there was no genuine love anymore, just pacification. That the free casua sex could not replace genuine human intimacy, the movie things could not replace real art, and the false allure of power could not replace real meaning, hence why the (spoilers) guy kills himself in the end.

@billytrespassers3123 6 жыл бұрын

Charles Morton totally! All the effort and excitement is gone in the world because humans naturally look to obtain their needs and wants in the easiest way possible. Without the pretense of failure and strife, life essentially becomes pointless as society becomes a sort of biological machine. I agree completely. 👍🏻

@thoshinoshi 6 жыл бұрын

hedins

@HigherPlanes 6 жыл бұрын

So we're pretty much destroyed either way.

@billytrespassers3123 6 жыл бұрын

HigherPlanes Eh, gotta go out some way! 🤷🏻‍♂️

@kericorley9387 5 жыл бұрын

I saw 1984 as a child and then read it in high school decades ago. I have seen a big change in personal rights and language and how they have been abbreviated and diced up. Cursive is no longer taught in schools. Magazines and newspapers are disappearing. Though I appreciate the lighter footprint it leaves behind. Libraries have been closing all over the nation for years. Big Brother has always had his eye on you.

@carbonly4154 5 жыл бұрын

Big Brother is watching You Tube

@rozempire2843 4 жыл бұрын

CarbOnl y +

@phoneheaded 4 жыл бұрын

Gorillaz did it first

@billniko9310 4 жыл бұрын

lol

@williammasters1620 4 жыл бұрын

Bernie is watching you...

@notgabriel8624 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I am

@mraj8372 6 жыл бұрын

John Green I love your presenting, I love these series and all of CrashCourse. Especially your History and Mike's Mythology. Your videos educate me, entertain me and ease any anxiety I may have, and I think I speak for a lot of viewers on that one. Incredible content as always, always excited when I get a bell notification.

@lucykeegan6303 6 жыл бұрын

Mr Hamilton definitely agree with the anxiety easing! I binge watched the first two series of literature and American History when I was having a really tough time with my anxiety. It’s excellent self care to be nourishing the brain

@chasfranklin 6 жыл бұрын

@pippinhart7340 6 жыл бұрын

@erinmaenza2502 5 жыл бұрын

My three favourite dystopian novels are 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Giver. Also Brave New World is really good too

@fansyuriilham8557 5 жыл бұрын

How abou fahrenheit 451?

@coby4480 4 жыл бұрын

Brave New World is not dystopian.

@kasianvh 4 жыл бұрын

Coby it is tho...

@coby4480 4 жыл бұрын

Kasian No it’s not tho

@kasianvh 4 жыл бұрын

Coby every website states that it’s a dystopian novel...

@AniishAu 5 жыл бұрын

3:16 lack of perspective via lack of language 6:13 stereotypical tactics of communism [and capitalism] 10:46 ideological goal of newspeak 11:46 newspeak vocabulary categories [compare B-group: 'United Nations', 'sustainable development', 'World bank': in what way do these word combinations limit and smuggle meaning? reconsult 10:46] 13:09 what thoughts can't I think due to the language I've inherited? reconsult above.

@stefanetienney2666 4 жыл бұрын

AniishAu United = adjective Sustainable = adjective The last one is made up of two nouns. Nice try, but no cigar.

@meteor2012able 4 жыл бұрын

"Social Justice" I hate this devious construct.

@CassadyAlberico 6 жыл бұрын

Please never stopping making these. This creative team is ridiculously good at making me learn and think

@shakahbrah7934 6 жыл бұрын

I loooooove this book, but Brave New World is my personal favorite dystopian novel. I highly recommend it if you like 1984, but it starts off confusingly (you have been warned).

@Cdog20tv 6 жыл бұрын

No kidding. I remember one chapter has like three different discussions that flip from one to another with no warning and I'm like "who the hell is talking."

@JustInBasil 6 жыл бұрын

Same for me. Brave New World is phenomenal.

@jlu 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Brave New World is definitely an amazing read!

@ixis 6 жыл бұрын

You know, if you like the "drowningly peaceful" dystopia of Brave New World you should try the networked culture war focused dystopia of The Diamond Age as well.

@justabookholic 6 жыл бұрын

Never read Brave New World, but always wanted to. I love 1984, it's one of my favorite books. Thanks for reminding me to read Brave New World.

@harrybarrett9653 6 жыл бұрын

I live in the UK and just after Brexit I was driving down the motorway with my farther and written in the dirt on the lorry in front of us was 'ignorance is strength'. Set a odd tone for the day

@Beretta249 6 жыл бұрын

"You're a rebel from the waist down, my dear."

@jamestribble7644 4 жыл бұрын

One of the first things I picked up on when I first read this book was the feeling of hopelessness Winston knew he was going to die from the moment he committed a thought crime his death was set in motion and just like his death once the ball starts rolling for a dystopian timeline in any world there is no stopping it

@codpov7700 6 жыл бұрын

"What thoughts cant I think because of the language I've inherited" That statement really resonates with me, because its something I think about all the time.

@jamieyork177 Жыл бұрын

North Korea is a very literal version of a current 1984 dystopia.

@notgabriel8624 4 жыл бұрын

“Most of you are probably watching this in a school right now” Haha about that..

@ericwrightson9367 6 жыл бұрын

@John Green, I love your old videos where you are extremely energetic, but I also love that you are slowing down and giving some more focus and calm to your speech. To me, the method in which Crash Course is made is just as important as the content in it, and you and your crew continue to get better and better.

@sayoriutsugj2856 4 жыл бұрын

I had to pause every other paragraph to debate things in my head.

@GaryTha2nd 4 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite KZfaq channel I swear this guy needs his own collage and teach people cause he makes it so understandable. If only more teachers acted like him more kids would probably stay in school 🧐

@ratzabur 4 жыл бұрын

"War is peace" is pretty much the slogan of America today. And the victims change and we act if they have always been the same. I don't see much difference to the book.

@leipzigjig5 6 жыл бұрын

It has been a while since I last watched a crash course video, and I am reminded once again that this is a wonderful source of useful information and also quite entertaining and engaging. Thank you, John and Hank and everyone behind the scenes.

@microbuilder 6 жыл бұрын

13:18 Its a little relieving to know I'm not the only person who thinks of such things.

@jacksonlian7992 6 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8porbdivqe5k58.html

@doverandover61 6 жыл бұрын

I also wonder how my dog ´ thinks´

@microbuilder 6 жыл бұрын

Jackson Lian, that particular aspect of that movie was interesting, but in general I thought Arrival was a rather awful movie.

@jacksonlian7992 6 жыл бұрын

I can definitely see why you would say that it was awful. But the thought-provoking aspect of it was what bought me over. The idea that language can change how we think because it is the medium that our thoughts can exist in was an eye-opener for me. Also, it breaks from the convention that aliens are hostile because we operate on the assumption we have of our fellow humans. Of course, if one is to watch it with the same set of expectation as when one goes to watch a Marvel movie, he or she is bound to catch some Zs

@Grizabeebles 6 жыл бұрын

If previous videos in this series are to be believed, English-speakers are predisposed to think in terms of absolutes and paired opposites. It's made it really easy to divide us because it makes it really easy to convince people that anyone who is not exactly like them is automatically a bad person. Take the classic threat "you're either with us or against us" for example. You are not me and you can only be my ally or my enemy. If you are not "us", then you are automatically "them." Having no opinion, wanting to delay making a decision, seeking a compromise or having a separate agenda entirely are all lumped in with hostile action. Or if you prefer Star Wars - "Only the Sith deal in absolutes." This is itself an absolute statement. The very act of anyone _but_ a Sith saying it makes them an automatic hypocrite. Something more along the line of "insisting on framing things in absolute terms is usually more of a Sith thing than a Jedi thing" would be more appropriate, but notice how much longer and clumsier that sounds than "only the Sith deal in absolutes."

@JamesLintonwriter 6 жыл бұрын

What I find interesting that if George Orwell saw how much his work has become celebritised and sensationalised today, he would actually hate it. He was primarily a journalist and as a journalist his aim was to incite change and not become a pop-culture symbol.

@margaritam.9118 4 жыл бұрын

If I see one more person in the comments calling “1984” their favorite antiutopian novel or “Brave New World” their favourite dystopian novel, I’m gonna snap. Brave New World is an anti-utopia which has a society believed by some of its members there to be an utopia but majority is disappointed of their lifestyle as they expected to get more satisfaction of it when it was still on paper. 1984 is a dystopia which is set in a grim macabre place that makes you ask “how did we end up like this, how to prevent this?”, it is a grandiose plan gone wrong, revolution ideas betrayed and with tyranny of bloodthirsty, greedy criminals collaborated in “a party” with an absolute power.

@coby4480 4 жыл бұрын

People that call Brave New World dystopian just haven’t read the book. The entire premise of the book is the falsity of the utopia they have created.

@TheJdmartinjax 4 жыл бұрын

Clocks ringing 13 is a symbolic metaphor for *something* you take for granted, and assume will never, ever change. . . changing. Something like no Habeus Corpus or all clocks to military time.

@NeufeldIan 6 жыл бұрын

"What thoughts can't I think because of the language I've inherited" -- anyone looking for more on that, check out the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and linguistic relativity. Whether you agree or disagree, it's a place to look for more information on that line of thinking.

@Laura-qp9iw 6 жыл бұрын

We just talked about those in my anthropology class yesterday! My professor didn't seem entirely convinced but I think they are interesting ideas

@lostpiperschild 6 жыл бұрын

Is that the theory that states people with different mother tongues literally think differently? If so, I totally agree. I was raised with two active languages, but when I was younger I favoured Welsh, and I really do think differently about things depending which language happens to be in my head that day.

@joceybear303 6 жыл бұрын

I recently read 1984, and I loved it so much. I didnt think about how changing the language the way they were was affecting how people literally think! But it reminds me of interesting ideas like how people with different languages think differently. Cultures with greater foci on color, or food, or family than mine create people that think dramatically different than how i do.

@lloydrobert6182 6 жыл бұрын

Your lucid analyses of these absolutely mesmerizing books has led me to make them required viewing for my students of design. They love it, having discovered that literature plays such an important part in 'design thinking', widening their understanding, and encouraging curiosity. I know they may not take the time to read through each book, but at least they now have talking points! Thanks to you.

@WilliamAhlert 5 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting read, so happy I found this video to further take in the book. I always had the feeling that the book was little more than what it represents or reputation, but it is genuinely a beautifully written work with an enticing story, rather than just being a thought experiment gone wild or a several hundred page long preach or something. Love ittttt

@dagamerking 6 жыл бұрын

George Orwell is by one my favorite authors, sorry John. I find there is a sort of anarchist vibe to his books, without being overtly anarchist, i think this is because of his political stance that was against totalitarianism. I find 1984 to be especially thought provoking in this era of NSA.

@dagamerking 6 жыл бұрын

FirstRisingSouI thank you had a hard time finding the word.

@pragueuprising560 6 жыл бұрын

FirstRisingSouI contemporary usage of that term makes it inappropriate to describe Orwell.

@TheZachary86 6 жыл бұрын

FirstRisingSouI He supported a socialist system but he was against soviet totaltatianism. Its even mentioned in the video. Anarchists have hijacked orwell for their own agendas

@pragueuprising560 6 жыл бұрын

YC What are you talking about? He makes his support for Catalonia's anarchist contingent unambiguous in HTC. And while there's plenty of accusations one can level at anarchism, being "totalitarian" is not one of them.

@gonniez4854 6 жыл бұрын

He was by all means an anarchist

@alisonjeon9504 6 жыл бұрын

So happy that the literature series is back!!!!!! ❤

@TheTARDISCatcher 6 жыл бұрын

So excited for this series! My all-time favorite book; I can't wait to get deeper into it with CrashCourse!

@oldlogin3383 5 жыл бұрын

My favourite book. I'll always go back to it. Incredible.

@Brandino0 5 жыл бұрын

this is literally what my junior year essay was about, wish I had seen this sooner.

@Sonderasf 4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie you guys constantly help me not read but still pass English

@williamolsen20 6 жыл бұрын

I had never thought about the impact of language like that before, very enlightening.

@lar9299 11 ай бұрын

This man makes me fall in love with literature, and languages, story-telling, history, sociology, and the whole experience of being a thinking human being. Thank you, John.

@flipierfatalbina4757 5 жыл бұрын

It was great that you were able to note that Animal Farm and 1984 were also anti-capitalist books, but Orwell wasn't a Social Democrat. He believed Democratic Socialism was that of the kind that was put to practice in Catalonia- workers and peasants seizing their land and workplaces by force and democratically running them in collectives, communes, and cooperatives, the elimination of class, and so on.

@RedwoodTheElf Жыл бұрын

Make 1984 Fiction Again!

@snoopzebra4234 4 жыл бұрын

I love this book! The final book had me tripping with my thoughts. That rehabilitation damn near worked on me and I didn’t even get tortured.

@azzaramakan3094 6 жыл бұрын

Writing a final exam on this tomorrow, couldn’t be more grateful!

@TpolTime 4 жыл бұрын

Orwell was off by about 36 years but otherwise spot on

@Frankenbutt99 6 жыл бұрын

Understandable, have a great day

@codyjames52 6 жыл бұрын

Daddy Donald Father?

@dylancrist2591 6 жыл бұрын

william james William James the Psychologist??

@codyjames52 6 жыл бұрын

Dylan Crist Who?

@Jx-kj9fs 6 жыл бұрын

Daddy Donald understanda🅱️le

@riwaq-6205 6 жыл бұрын

Understandable machine 🅱roke, debatable, have a day.

@superdrag65 6 жыл бұрын

So happy to see John Green on my KZfaq feed again. It's like sinking into a warm bath.

@barbararojo358 6 жыл бұрын

I’m too happy for the literature course being back! I can’t wait for you to do pride & predjudice ❤️

@Nihilnovus 6 жыл бұрын

Good start

@mattfromeurope 6 жыл бұрын

Great introduction to this fantastic novel. It's one of the few that don't have a happy ending that I enjoyed reading, because 1984 gives you so many topics to think about, from politics and society down to the basic principles of thought itself and humanity as a whole. It has so many layers, it can be compared to an ogre (or onion) ;-) I really look forward to the next episode.

@shashwemmie 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos I've seen in awhile on the subject of one of the best dystopian novels ever written. Thanks for blessing my day with this content

@tylerrissell9837 6 жыл бұрын

Great to have you back on CrashCourse John. We missed you.

@friedeggsammy1990 6 жыл бұрын

The idea of people leaving without of trace is a very real thing for the persecuted and forgotten indigenous women in Canada, many missing and murdered with little investigation.

@Dianarodriguez-gt2bj 6 жыл бұрын

Jordan wow... I didn't know that was happening! Thank you very much for informing me about that!

@RaitoYagami88 6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Not the same thing. It's not government enforced political assassinations and more like crimes that are not properly investigated.

@AlexPope1668 6 жыл бұрын

RaitoYagami88 unfortunately in a lot of cases it's closer to the former than the latter. When it's known by the state, and ignored - or not recorded - or misrecorded on purpose, then it's closer to the insidiousness of govt enforced political erasure, and not merely poorly investigated disappearances.

@oliviawilliams6204 6 жыл бұрын

It’s more complicated than that troughs, the police investigation are pretty unwelcome on reserve, and a lot of the crimes targeting the indigenous women are committed by family members, and government are scared to reveal that out in the the public

@victorgiddens5612 6 жыл бұрын

Olivia Williams how do you know that as facts, if the cases are so poorly investigated?

@sonial.3332 6 жыл бұрын

Speaking different languages made me realized that I was exposed to more ideas just because there are words in one language that don’t exist in other. German it’s beautiful like that with one word you can describe a very precise idea that would take many words to describe.

@issa9732 6 жыл бұрын

I think I broke the like button. One of your best videos. The pace is just right and the questions you raised in the end about language are intriguing.

@amessiguess3773 4 жыл бұрын

It is now 2020 and with a strong feeling of nostalgia, I watch old Crash Course episodes.

@Jw-dp2cp Жыл бұрын

It’s more relevant today definitely

@ru_archer 6 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that you bring up the age difference between Julia and Winston because it plays into a theme of infantilisation I've always seen running through the novel. Much like young teenagers their relationship is shallow and based on shared experiences of minor rebellion. Their ultimate transgression is sneaking away from what is essentially a school trip to have sex in a field. Early on in the book, we learn that Winston deeply distrusts women and then go on to see a female background character described in ways that are kind of gross and ridiculous, almost as if she has cooties. In the same chapter, we hear about his neighbour's efforts to stay on in organisations he is too old for. Even Winston's writing is juvenile. Once he meets Julia they basically go through an accelerated adolescence together. The vision of them holding hands in front og O'Brian is as enderaring as it is tragic. Age really has no meaning in the world of 1984 because everyone is a child.

@vivalapalestine7235 5 жыл бұрын

Why haven't I found this amazing channel till now ! Subscribed dude

@JonathonWoodgate 5 жыл бұрын

I was given 1984 for Christmas. Now, I’m obsessed!

@dylanduffey5443 6 жыл бұрын

This was doubleplusgood

@Juancho-dn1ci 4 жыл бұрын

John greene: you might be watching in a school but im just intrested

@sarahstutler5353 6 жыл бұрын

I AM SO EXCITED THAT THERE ARE MORE OF THESE VIDEOS IN THE WORLD!!

@georgewilliams8448 6 жыл бұрын

A great job. I look forward to part 2!

@cliffordgill9052 5 жыл бұрын

And "Fascism is anti-fascism"

@billniko9310 4 жыл бұрын

love is hate

@AnimeboyIanpower 4 жыл бұрын

I am thou... Thou art I...

@dreday5880 4 жыл бұрын

"You're the kind of person that sees a bird outside and says, 'bird.'" - Patrice O'neal

@jillweff 4 жыл бұрын

I read this book for fun a few days ago and I loved it. I plan on reading it again other than when I have to read it for school.

@jimmyair 6 жыл бұрын

So good to have you back Mr Green!

@prestonjones1653 4 жыл бұрын

"George Orwell did not predict the future, pur clocks still stop at twelve." *Laughs in French*

@romelo1201 4 жыл бұрын

Jcomprends pas

@amykelley666 6 жыл бұрын

Actually, the reason the left or right can't claim Orwell is because there's more to a political spectrum than just left and right. Political compass is correct in putting four sectors: Authoritarian left, Authoritarian right, Libertarian right, and libertarian left. Orwell was a Libertarian left individual. That's why he opposes capitalism(he is on the left) but also opposed the traditional communism(authoritarian left). He is on record as praising Revolutionary Catalonia during the Spanish Civil war, which was an anarcho-syndicalist society(libertarian left). So, actually, the left can claim Orwell. At least, the libertarian left can. He is never found criticizing the libertarian left, but you can find him criticizing all of the other sectors. It's not unusual for a libertarian left individual to criticize the authoritarian left.

@arthurobrien7424 5 жыл бұрын

Orwell was a true artist, so his work transcends himself and his politics. I can't claim Orwell but I can learn from him everything that is wrong with the left. As I am sure you can learn most things from him that are wrong wih the right. Art isn't mere political propaganda. That would be quite laughable given the subjectmatter, anyway.

@mcw8900 5 жыл бұрын

In modern day politics, especially in Britain, the libertarian left and being herded like sheep by the authoritarian left

@mxpronounced3224 4 жыл бұрын

I can't believe this even needs explaining but I'm so glad other people already commented this. Its so infuriating when people can't see how he was a libertarian leftist

@mxpronounced3224 4 жыл бұрын

@@mcw8900 what "authoritarian left" is there in Britain? Wtf? I see some right-wing nationalists popping up, but there are no prominent anti-capitalist political figures

@richardparker2555 6 жыл бұрын

I was nervous about this video at first because I remember your brother Hank did video for Crash Course Philosophy called "how words can harm" which I thought got very Orwellian with its messages. But I'm relived to see that this video was research very well, was nicely balanced, and overall a good introduction to what Orwellianism is. You've done a doubleplusgood job so far!

@catchmeifyoucan1794 6 жыл бұрын

These are my favorites! Thanks for making them :)

@user-ow9rv5hx6c 6 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence that this comes out now right when I'm failing English and this is the book we're reading 😂

@IceMetalPunk 6 жыл бұрын

RATS! #Foreshadowing

@lucykeegan6303 6 жыл бұрын

IceMetalPunk *shudder*

@symbioticcoherence8435 6 жыл бұрын

+IceMetalPunk you again! nice to see you

@Spaceman404. 6 жыл бұрын

"Everybody knows what`s in Room 101, it`s the worst thing in the world"

@Kris-lu1rs 5 жыл бұрын

Also: mrs. Parson will disappear. Syme will disappear, Winston will definitely disappear, but never will Mr. Parson disappear. -first goes Syme -then goes Winston -then goes a Parson

@madysonnofsinger6817 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos so much. I have a newfound interest in history and literature and I wish I could discuss it in classes with people but this helps to bring everything together. Thanks so much you rock

@Superzah12 5 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel, appritiate your work. Thank you

@katiegaiety4874 6 жыл бұрын

Literally was reading this book right as the video was published. Love those little coincidences.

@kendradartey 6 жыл бұрын

me too!!!

@utdhoighicynvlkbughuovhobohb 6 жыл бұрын

Big brother was watching.

@kendradartey 6 жыл бұрын

blue tiger lmaoo😂

@keyarca 6 жыл бұрын

same !! I'm reading it for a book report :))

@arnavagrawal_ 6 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it's a coincidence?

@SaraAnneMiller 6 жыл бұрын

I laughed in sadness and irony way too much during this video. Oh, entropy.

@scotthurst5742 6 жыл бұрын

I'm writing my english coursework on 1984 and The Yellow Wallpaper so so glad John goes through both

@kneazleje 6 жыл бұрын

YESSSSS!!!!! Thank you for season 4

@Pfhorrest 6 жыл бұрын

I think of newspeak every time I hear someone talking as though "capitalism is free markets" or "socialism is government control". There are such things as state capitalism or libertarian socialism, but the way the words "capitalism" and "socialism" have been redefined over the years makes it virtually impossible to even express such ideas to today's audiences, to whom "state capitalism" or "libertarian socialism" sound like bald-faced contradictions.

@Pfhorrest 6 жыл бұрын

And it strikes me now that from a libertarian socialist perspective, the comparison to newspeak is even stronger, because one would hold a capitalist market to be inherently unfree and a totalitarian state to be inherently unsocialist, so saying "capitalism is free markets" or "socialism is government control" read almost (but not quite) literally as "slavery is freedom" and "freedom is slavery", respectively.

@Pfhorrest 6 жыл бұрын

Or, you know, the Spanish government that existed before Franco crushed it, the people like Orwell's friends.

@trying-to-learn 6 жыл бұрын

Walter Johnson Or Catalonia that Orwell fought. Or Rojava, which exists RIGHT NOW.

@Pfhorrest 6 жыл бұрын

It occurs to me that "tabooing" words like these could be a way around this kind of problem. Instead of talking about things like "capitalism" or "socialism", just say what those words mean to you, e.g.: I am in favor of voluntary non-coerced trade of private property, ("free markets") but against property income like rent and interest and the concentration of ownership that comes with it, ("capitalism") and for widespread distribution of ownership especially of the means of production and housing, ("socialism") but against centralized state control of trade. ("command economy")

@zurviver_3747 6 жыл бұрын

False, closest thing we have is the kibbutz

@thec4ke 6 жыл бұрын

5:08 What you describe here is Social Democracy, as in capitalism with a strong welfare state funded by various forms of progressive taxation. Democratic Socialism entails nationalizing or promoting collective ownership of production, and moving away from capitalism in general.

@ericwrightson9367 6 жыл бұрын

The two are not mutually exclusive, and are constantly under revision and discussion.