Out of all of them Brave New World really nails it, the only one of the four that feels like a proper commentary on the way I live in the here and now.
Kafka comes in at second, if only because it is cathartic to read his stuff
kafka's bureacracy was never malicious it's an indifferent thing that chews up lives because it's easier to do what the paperwork says to than correct it even when that's wrong
Out of all of them Brave New World really nails it, the only one of the four that feels like a proper commentary on the way I live in the here and now.
Kafka comes in at second, if only because it is cathartic to read his stuff
Kafka gets really chilling when you realize all that bureaucratic oppression was done with nothing but a paper and pencil
No phones
No computers
No databases
No internet
No neural networks
No AI
Now they have all those things.
But, can desk jockeys and bureaucrats stop me from talking loudly about crazy niche porn genres I have found, while waiting in the queue? NOPE
hey they had typewriters and telephones
kafka's bureacracy was never malicious it's an indifferent thing that chews up lives because it's easier to do what the paperwork says to than correct it even when that's wrong
Try piracy, meet Orwell
I used to pirate a lot, maybe I just did it when it was easier to get away with it
For me it's Fahrenheit 451 that's closest to the mark.
For the last decade I've felt like the odd one out for having lots of books, but not having a car or a TV