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The Origins of the Thought Police—and Why They Scare Us
The Origins of the Thought Police—and Why They Scare Us In a sense, “1984” is largely a book about the human capacity to maintain a grip on the truth in the face of propaganda and power. There are a lot of unpleasant things in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Spying screens. Torture and propaganda. Victory Gin […]
Is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth Alive?Why Don’t We Hear Much About Julian Assange?
Is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth Alive?Why Don’t We Hear Much About Julian Assange? In Orwell’s dystopian fiction 1984, the government’s mission through the Ministry of Truth is to supply its people with news, entertainment, books, films, plays and songs, packed with the information it wants the people to know. It constructs lies to fit the narrative it wishes to establish […]
USSA Social Credit: The U.S. Denied Entry to Student Because of His Friend’s Social Media Posts
USSA SOCIAL CREDIT: THE U.S. DENIED ENTRY TO STUDENT BECAUSE OF HIS FRIEND’S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS A Harvard student has been denied entry to the United States because of what one of his friends posted on social media. Ismail Ajjawi reportedly had his visa canceled after hours of questioning at Boston’s airport by the USSA. […]
Forget 1984, We’re Facing a Brave New World
Forget 1984, We’re Facing a Brave New World I see quite frequently, people warning that the US is becoming an ‘Orwellian nightmare,’ or that we’re living in a country that’s fast becoming a new 1984. I think they’re wrong. It’s worse. We here in the US look at what China’s doing as if they’re on […]
Nineteen Eighty-Four Turns 70 Years Old In A World That Looks A Lot Like The Book
Nineteen Eighty-Four Turns 70 Years Old In A World That Looks A Lot Like The Book This month, George Orwell’s legendary novel Nineteen Eighty-Four turns 70 years old, and the warnings contained within the story are now more relevant than ever. Orwell’s predictions were so spot on that it almost seems like it was used as some […]
Orwellian Hate Crime Database to Be Set Up For Thought Criminals in Michigan
Orwellian Hate Crime Database to Be Set Up For Thought Criminals in Michigan Only in a world where the novel 1984 has become the evening news can we get a state’s Attorney General working with the Department of Civil Rights to create a database for people committing “hate and bias incidents that don’t rise to the level […]
How 1984 turned into an instruction manual
How 1984 turned into an instruction manual “Sometimes [two and two are four], Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” One of the key themes from George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 is that the Party can […]
Technology: Distracting, Disturbing, Deceiving & Deluding Ourselves to Death
TECHNOLOGY: DISTRACTING, DISTURBING, DECEIVING & DELUDING OURSELVES TO DEATH “What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate. In the Huxleyan prophecy, Big Brother does not watch us, by his […]
Ten Ways the Democratic Northern Hemisphere Nations Became the Orwellian West
Ten Ways the Democratic Northern Hemisphere Nations Became the Orwellian West In his book, “1984”, George Orwell envisioned a future crushed by the iron grip of a collectivist oligarchy. The narrative told of the INGSOC Party which maintained power through a system of surveillance and brutality designed to monitor and control every aspect of society. […]
1984: The UK is Illegally Detaining Two Journalists, Seemingly Making Them Vanish
1984: The UK is Illegally Detaining Two Journalists, Seemingly Making Them Vanish The UK government is responsible for the illegal arrest, sentencing, and detainment without trial of two journalists: Julian Assange, who recently had his Internet and communications cut off; and Tommy Robinson, all without any type of legal concession. Argue as you may about […]
2018: When Orwell’s 1984 stopped being fiction
2018: When Orwell’s 1984 stopped being fiction This is the moment when a newspaper claiming to uphold that most essential function in a liberal democracy – acting as a watchdog on power – formally abandons the task. This is the moment when it positively embraces the role of serving as a mouthpiece for the government. […]
Total Control: New Measures Toward Global Totalitarianism
Total Control: New Measures Toward Global Totalitarianism For those who have read “1984” by George Orwell, it is almost prophetic in its depth and accuracy. The reason that the warning has not been heeded is that change takes place with glacial slowness. Sometimes the changes take so long they dull the senses and we become […]
Oceania, ‘Tis For Thee: The World of ‘1984’ Forming Now
Oceania, ‘Tis For Thee: The World of ‘1984’ Forming Now “Oceania” was a nation described in George Orwell’s “1984” as being comprised of Britain (called “Airstrip One,”) and the United States. There were two other superpowers, namely Eurasia and Eastasia. Other lands rich in resources were contested over, such as Africa and assumingly South America…lands […]
1984 is in Full Bloom
1984 IS IN FULL BLOOM When I read this forwarded email from Yojimbo from HollyO this morning it seemed surreal. I swear it sounded like a scene from 1984, the movie. I can’t believe this is happening in this day and age. I think we are all being naive regarding how far our ruling class […]
