Recently during his visit to England for the G20 Summit, Mexican President Philipe Calderon was gifted a copy of George Orwell's 1984 by the Queen of England. Considering the fact that Claderon and the social elite in Mexico basically control the country as well as the fact that Mexico has rather obvious social classes the book could not have been more appropriate.
In the novel, Oceania has a strict social class arrangement with the Inner Party at the top (2% of the population represented by Big Brother), the Outer Party of bureaucrats in the middle, and a large number of Proles at the bottom. The top 2% believes the Proles are inferior and expendable and strives to make certain they live in misery. When one takes a close look at modern day Mexico you will notice that the average Mexican lives in perpetual poverty while a small predatory group of ruthless leaders make up the upper class.
Do you suppose that the Queen was trying to send a message? I doubt it, but it sure seems to be a fitting gift. The only problem that I have is that she didn't distribute about 19 more copies, after all it was the G20 SUMMIT.
In the novel, Oceania has a strict social class arrangement with the Inner Party at the top (2% of the population represented by Big Brother), the Outer Party of bureaucrats in the middle, and a large number of Proles at the bottom. The top 2% believes the Proles are inferior and expendable and strives to make certain they live in misery. When one takes a close look at modern day Mexico you will notice that the average Mexican lives in perpetual poverty while a small predatory group of ruthless leaders make up the upper class.
Do you suppose that the Queen was trying to send a message? I doubt it, but it sure seems to be a fitting gift. The only problem that I have is that she didn't distribute about 19 more copies, after all it was the G20 SUMMIT.
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