“The Party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell in his novel “1984” (published: June 8, 1949)
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Reading this book today hits differently than it did the first time years ago. Talk about feeling seen. I am not enjoying the current 2025 day-to-day reenactment of 1984, to be honest.
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Caught a brilliant theatre production of 1984 last night at the #riversidetheatre. It has a limited run so I hope it shows up elsewhere for Sydney audiences.
#GeorgeOrwell #theatre
Power worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. […] This habit of mind leads also to the belief that things will happen more quickly, completely, and catastrophically than they ever do in practice. The rise and fall of empires, the disappearance of cultures and religions, are expected to happen with earthquake suddenness, and processes which have barely started are talked about as though they were already at an end.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-05), “Second Thoughts on James Burnham,” Polemic Magazine
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"It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it."
-- 1984, George Orwell
To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country. ~ #GeorgeOrwell #quotes #totalitarian #authoritarian
The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. Each of them tacitly claims that “the truth” has already been revealed, and that the heretic, if he is not simply a fool, is secretly aware of “the truth” and merely resists it out of selfish motives.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-01), “The Prevention of Literature,” Polemic Magazine
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Stop being surprised when they don't help. Read your #GeorgeOrwell!
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War on words: Conflict corrupts language
Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels used to make speeches inciting violence against Jews War distorts everything, including language. Govts…
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*Impressionnante adaptation du célèbre roman de George Orwell, 1984 nous offre une vision terrifiante du futur, où l'humain est surveillé par Big Brothers
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Each generation imagines itself more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it. ~ #GeorgeOrwell #quotes #generation #wisdom
The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous.
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"War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength"
-from "1984" by George Orwell
Indeed, that is pretty much the motto of the Republican party under Trump.
Another film adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm is coming out this year. Thankfully, it's made in the #UK not the US, where the message could be corrupted by studio complicity.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyfj97mSRX0
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Dans la matrice totalitaire de «1984»
Dans «L’Esprit du #totalitarisme», Jean-Jacques Rosat renouvelle l’interprétation de la dystopie de #GeorgeOrwell en approfondissant le concept de totalitarisme, qui reprend ainsi toute sa pertinence et son actualité.
Un article de Pascal Engel (En attendant Nadeau) Pascal Engel (En attendant Nadeau)