Tag: George Orwell 1984
Orwell’s predictions in his legendary novel were so spot on that it almost seems like it was used as some type of accidental instruction manual for would-be tyrants.
Corporate Media fractures information and ideas into soundbites, eroding thereby our ability to comprehend complex ideas and follow patterns of events across time. And without the permanence necessary for accountability, journalism of the electronic age has been lured into delivering story lines more fit for entertaining an “audience” than enhancing public political agency.
Winston Smith, the hero of Orwell’s 1984, has just been arrested for crimes against the State. Sitting in his cell, he watches as a familiar figure steps through the door. It’s O’Brien, the man he thought was his friend. But O’Brien is an undercover agent of the Party, and the Party rules all.
The political language that Orwell dubbed Newspeak, employed by the ruling government, Ingsoc — seems to have served as an instruction manual for the American empire. The following list comprises only a fraction of possible examples of the U.S. government’s version of Newspeak.
In celebration, honor and recognition of Independence Day, it seemed appropriate to write about none other than “freedom”. Now, freedom is a concept that can mean many different things to many different people. One might consider freedom only in the context of nations, war, government and politics. Others might narrow it down a bit further to a persona level and say that freedom is in fact a state of mind and that true freedom involves taking full responsibility over the choices you make in your life.
Modern governments seem to want to indoctrinate and control children’s minds earlier and earlier. Are the dystopian plot lines of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 coming true?
