“you can read Hannah Arendt's book on totalitarianism, which would be the kind of thing you just,”
Books mentioned in Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China, Xi Jinping, Trade War, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mao | Lex Fridman Podcast #466
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“You can buy "1984" in a Chinese bookstore, you've been able to since 1985.”
“a brave new world, the 1984, which is really interesting to think about,”
“"The Handmaid's Tale," similarly the construction of the elements.”
“called "Brave New World Revisited." - Yes, he did. - That's in the '50s.”
“And then there's "Animal Farm in 1984" is a second book. And then the third volume”
“on Hong Kong, "Among the Braves," she was talking about that,”
“of the present, "Neuromancer." He wrote a rare non for him nonfiction piece”
“One is 1984 and one is a Brave New World. At first they turned up the Brave New World more choices,”
“called "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom." - Mm-hmm! (chuckles)”
“from "Les Miserables" became one of the really, one of the protest songs in Hong Kong,”