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The Purpose Of War According To George Orwell (1984)
The Purpose Of War According To George Orwell (1984) Some food for thought from George Orwell’s ‘1984’… Does anything really ever change? (emphasis ours) The primary aim of modern warfare is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem […]
Slouching Towards 1984
Slouching Towards 1984 Orwell could not have imagined the swiftness in which the Left has exerted control over our body politic In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” he portrays English society – renamed Oceania – as a futuristic version of the 1940s Soviet Union. In this invented society that Orwell calls IngSoc – English Socialism […]
The Rise of Huxwell
The Rise of Huxwell Two dystopias are better than one… = HUXWELL Noam Chomsky stopped just one rung shy of perfection with his illuminating book, Manufacturing Consent, about how commercial media work as extensions of government and corporate power to manufacture the consent of the masses. Likewise, Matt Taibbi’s title, Hate, Inc. is a near-perfect indictment of cable and […]
The New York Times is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth
The New York Times is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth As today dawned, I was looking out the window into the cold grayness with small patches of snow littering the frozen ground. As light snow began to fall, I felt a deep mourning in my soul as a memory came to me of another snowy day […]
It’s Not a Lie If You Believe It
IT’S NOT A LIE IF YOU BELIEVE IT “The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” – George Orwell, 1984 “Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World I wish I could go through a day without having to […]
The Quiet Part Out Loud
The Quiet Part Out Loud Of all the challenges facing our culture, the fact that humans use social sorting mechanisms to solve physical world problems looms as perhaps the greatest. This Frankly is a reflection on the possibility of sharing a socially unpalatable message to a large percentage of citizens and leaders. Our vertical and […]
Orwell’s 1984 Prophecies
Orwell’s 1984 Prophecies
Living in a Potemkin World
LIVING IN A POTEMKIN WORLD “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in […]
It’s a Fourth Turning: What Did You Expect?
IT’S A FOURTH TURNING: WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? “Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine […]
Cascade of Consequences
CASCADE OF CONSEQUENCES “There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” – George Orwell 1984 “People will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.” – Frank Zappa Orwell and Zappa’s words of wisdom have […]
The Dystopian Bubble: George Orwell Meets Charles Mackay
The Dystopian Bubble: George Orwell Meets Charles Mackay “Threats to freedom of speech, writing, and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.” ~ George Orwell In early December I asked Jim Grant how to reconcile exuberant financial […]
NY Times Calls For Biden to Appoint “Reality Czar” to Fight “Misinformation”
NY Times Calls For Biden to Appoint “Reality Czar” to Fight “Misinformation” Here comes the Ministry of Truth. Drew Angerer via Getty Images/Composite The New York Times has amplified claims by “experts” who are calling for Joe Biden to appoint a “reality czar,” prompting critics to compare the idea to the Ministry of Truth in […]
