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1984

 

            
             In many ways, Orwell's view of the future has come true.
             not live in a world dominated by Communist super-powers, there are many .
             aspects of our society that are prophesied in the book. .
             Take, for example, the three land masses used in Nineteen Eighty-Four. .
             There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, .
             Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the .
             rest of Asia and Australia. These enormous blocks of land could now be .
             said to exist, if not by borders, then by economic boundaries. The North .
             America has free trade policies, as does the European union. These make .
             North America and Europe the most powerful economic centres on Earth. .
             However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world .
             is slowly being divided into the lines that Orwell set. .
             However, the more that we grow apart, the closer that we come together. .
             The Far East is said to be, "Westernising", in that it is taking Western .
             (i.e. Europe and the USA) ideas about economics, and putting them into .
             practice. The success of this can be seen by how much fluctuations in, .
             for example, the South Korean stock exchange affect the markets in the .
             USA and Europe. .
             This global integration means that we are heading down a dangerous road. .
             Unlike Orwell's vision of a one-party dictatorship controlling hundreds .
             of millions, we get instead the world being controlled by the stock .
             markets, and fluctuations in currencies. This is extremely dangerous, as .
             it means that huge multi-national financiers, such as Soros can make or .
             break a countries economy. An example of this is the events of black .
             Monday, when trading led by Soros" company effectively brought about the .
             collapse of the Pound, and heralded the start of a long recession in the .
             UK. There is too much power being put into the hands of men such as .
             these, and un-scrupulous they can be too. For an example of this, one .
             only has to look to Nick Leeson single-handedly bringing down one of .


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