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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 […]
Why Orwell Is Superior to Huxley
Why Orwell Is Superior to Huxley One of the frequent comparisons that comes up in the Dissident Right is who was more correct or prescient, Orwell or Huxley. In fact, as the only truly oppressed intellectual group, the Dissident Right are the only ones in a position to offer a valid opinion on this, as […]
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. […]
The Friendly Mask Of The Orwellian Oligarchy Is Slipping Off
The Friendly Mask Of The Orwellian Oligarchy Is Slipping Off Gina Haspel has been confirmed as America’s new CIA Director, fulfilling her predecessor Mike Pompeo’s pledge to turn the CIA into “a much more vicious agency”. “Bloody Gina” has reportedly been directly involved in both torturing people and destroying evidence of torture in her long and […]
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 […]
The global village and the surveillance society
The global village and the surveillance society Media savant Marshall McLuhan coined the term “global village” in 1962 in his book The Gutenberg Galaxy. Today, we take the concept of an electronically connected global population with instant access to practically every plugged-in person on the planet as a fact of life. We often see our […]
How The Guardian Fulfills George Orwell’s Prediction of ‘Newspeak’
How The Guardian Fulfills George Orwell’s Prediction of ‘Newspeak’ On Sunday April 15th, Britain’s Guardian bannered “OPCW inspectors set to investigate site of Douma chemical attack” and pretended that there was no question that a chemical attack in Douma Syria on April 7th had actually occurred, and the article then went further along that same propaganda-line, to […]
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 […]
Modern Newspeak: How Internet Censors Are Making Sure You Hear Only One Side of the Story
Modern Newspeak: How Internet Censors Are Making Sure You Hear Only One Side of the Story It’s not breaking news that the internet censors have been hard at work to silence voices that are in opposition to the mainstream media agenda. But after the influence that social media had on the last election, things are […]
Weaponized Consensus by the Collective Establishes Counterfeit Premises to Control Contrived Contingencies
Weaponized Consensus by the Collective Establishes Counterfeit Premises to Control Contrived Contingencies But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. – 2 Timothy 3:13 They are like chaff that the wind blows away. – Psalm 1: 4 Many years ago I read a book entitled “People of the Lie” […]
Meet the Italian government’s Orwellian new automated tax snitch
Meet the Italian government’s Orwellian new automated tax snitch By the end of the 3rd century AD, the finances of ancient Rome were in terminal crisis. Years and years of debasing the currency had resulted in severe hyperinflation– a period of Roman history known as the Crisis of the Third Century (from AD 235 through […]
