Post by Daniel on Feb 22, 2019 11:06:05 GMT -5
How 1984 Turned Into An Instruction Manual
By Simon Black/Activist Post
February 20, 2019
One of the key themes from George Orwell's dystopic novel 1984 is that the Party can do and say whatever it wants.
And more importantly, you must believe it, with all your heart. No matter how absurd.
That's doublethink. It is impossible for two plus two to equal three, four, and five simultaneously. But if the Party says it is so, it is so.
If you can't make yourself believe two contradictory facts simultaneously, that makes you a thought criminal- an enemy of the Party.
Thought crime is thinking any thought that contradicts the Party.
Face crime is when you have the wrong expression on your face. For instance, if captured enemy soldiers are being paraded through the streets, looking sympathetic is a facecrime.
Newspeak is the language of the Party-one that has painstakingly been removed of unnecessary words, or words that might contradict the Party's ideals.
Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.
During daily two minutes hate, citizens shout and curse whatever enemies the Party shows them.
And the face of the Party, Big Brother, is watching you. He helps you be a better citizen.
And more importantly, you must believe it, with all your heart. No matter how absurd.
That's doublethink. It is impossible for two plus two to equal three, four, and five simultaneously. But if the Party says it is so, it is so.
If you can't make yourself believe two contradictory facts simultaneously, that makes you a thought criminal- an enemy of the Party.
Thought crime is thinking any thought that contradicts the Party.
Face crime is when you have the wrong expression on your face. For instance, if captured enemy soldiers are being paraded through the streets, looking sympathetic is a facecrime.
Newspeak is the language of the Party-one that has painstakingly been removed of unnecessary words, or words that might contradict the Party's ideals.
Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.
During daily two minutes hate, citizens shout and curse whatever enemies the Party shows them.
And the face of the Party, Big Brother, is watching you. He helps you be a better citizen.
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