AH chalenge "1984"

starting with 1948 (or 1945 if more practical) arange a "1984" scenario with three main superpowers in constant war with each other, with a unoficial concensus not to actually use nukes, all by 2008, or possibly sooner
also take care of all the orwelian aspects, such as total information control, desinformation in the media, totalitarian state mashine and so on... you read the book you know all that
 
Do you realize that in every single word you used that uses two Ls, you only used one! GAH! I charge you for the crime of blatent misspelling and place you before the Grammar Inquisition to defend your actions!
 
FDR picks Wallace as his VP instead of Truman; he is succeeded by Eisenhower. In their time, Europe is overrun by the Soviets and Britain is annexed into the US. That's a start.
 
Yes, of course. That's entirely plausible.

I'll elaborate: Wallace was, as we all know, "soft on the Soviets". We know that at least two people he was planning on making part of his Cabinet in case he became President, Lawrence Duggan and Harry Dexter White, were Communist agents. Wallace further opposed the Allies' claims on the Soviets to accept democracy in Poland and missile deployment in Turkey. Now, if he were to become President in 1944, I think it likely that both France and Italy, both countries with strong Communist movements in the wartime resistance, would've fallen to the Reds; Wallace clearly didn't have what it would've taken to keep them free, and Stalin would've sensed this if they met. Neither would he have supported the British anti-Communist action in Greece. With those two major countries in their hands, the Soviets would be more or less unable not to take the rest of Europe.
 
Wait, in 1984, was Britain part of Oceania, or was Oceania part of Britain?
What that means is, was Britain the center of Oceania or was Britain just another province of Oceania? I haven't read it in a while, that's why I was asking.
 
Wait, in 1984, was Britain part of Oceania, or was Oceania part of Britain?
What that means is, was Britain the center of Oceania or was Britain just another province of Oceania? I haven't read it in a while, that's why I was asking.

Does it actually say one way or the other? :confused:
 
Wait, in 1984, was Britain part of Oceania, or was Oceania part of Britain?
What that means is, was Britain the center of Oceania or was Britain just another province of Oceania? I haven't read it in a while, that's why I was asking.

Given the name "Airstrip One", I'm assuming we aren't high on the Oceanic list of priorities.
 
Wait, in 1984, was Britain part of Oceania, or was Oceania part of Britain?
What that means is, was Britain the center of Oceania or was Britain just another province of Oceania? I haven't read it in a while, that's why I was asking.

Britain is called "Airfield 101" in 1984. Doesn´t sound like the centre of the world.
 
Didn't the party that rules Oceania start in Britain? (its certainly called English Socialism)

I certainly remember it being formed by the merger of the US and the British empire (though I dunno how they explain South America there)
 
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