Apparently, sales of George Orwells novel, 1984, have soared in America and it is being put down to the Donald Trump administrations use of the dystopian novel as a template.
It is a great book and i would urge everybody to read it just because it is a brilliant read but also because although it may seem absurd, the concepts in the book, doublethink, thought police are being acted out in front of us.
The quotes from the administration regarding 'Alternative facts' and 'Just remember, what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening' are dangerously close to the line from the novel that read: 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears'.
The lies told over the over wars in Iraq and Afghanistan made people far less willing to believe the media and plays into Trump's often repeated line of 'fake news' to describe any coverage which is not favourable to him despite obvious evidence that he is lying, or as Orwell put it: 'political language designed to make lies sound truthful'.
The key message running through Nineteen Eighty-Four is that the purpose of propaganda is to narrow and limit the human the range of thinking but where we differ from going full Orwell is that the novel's Big Brother tried to hide what it was doing whereas Trump just lies and doesn't bother to try and hide it.
The most damning line from Orwell, and overarching line is that 'Ignorance is Strength' and it is the ignorance of the Trump supporters, rejecting what they see with their own eyes and ears that allow him to carry on, and get away with, what he does.
It is no surprise that people are reaching for 1984 to gain some understanding of what they are really seeing and hearing.
6 comments:
who put it down to Trump, a leftist journalist? Didn't you say you could give us the important information? your lame source is germane.
the leftist press, having disbanded all sense of unbiased reporting, has done more damage to the truth than any individual could do (including Obama or Clinton).
what would the left do without ignorance (and jealousy)? the left need to keep their people ignorant so they can keep them dependent on the government.
ignorance is the core of the leftist mindset: change human nature, or control it via a government police force.
...says the Fox News viewer.
Ahhh, you don't like being asked the question that you ask all the time. You don't like your sources being challenged when they will be revealed as being biased.
Yes, I watch Fox. but also get my news and data from: NYT, MSNBC (aka MSLSD), CNN (aka Clinton News Network), NPR, WSJ, WaPo, many more.
So, on a daily basis, I get 7 or 8 leftist views, and 1 or 2 right leaning views... I also get a lot of info from think tanks.
It does the beg the question then why you are so unknowledgable on so many matters?
disagreeing with you doesn't mean i lack knowledge, it means you do...
True, your many displays of lack of understanding of a subject does that.
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