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Key Points from George Orwell's 1984
“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”
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“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”
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MEDIA GAINS CONTROL
• Advances in technology allow the media to influence public opinion easier than before
• Government owns all media and ensures all other channels of info are closed
• When there is only one source of info, you must accept what you are told as truth
• Advances in technology allow the media to influence public opinion easier than before
• Government owns all media and ensures all other channels of info are closed
• When there is only one source of info, you must accept what you are told as truth
DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY
• Sway the public from forming strong relationships between men and women
• When there is strong relationships, they are more loyal to each other and harder to control
• Must refer to everyone as "Comrade"
• Party-sponsored pseudo science
• Sway the public from forming strong relationships between men and women
• When there is strong relationships, they are more loyal to each other and harder to control
• Must refer to everyone as "Comrade"
• Party-sponsored pseudo science
CONTROLLING PUBLIC OPINION
• Taught to quickly denounce opposing ideas on the basis of "morality"
• Dismissive when hearing what they are taught is a "dangerous" thought
• Able to hold two contradicting opinions at once
• Failure to perceive logical errors
• Taught to quickly denounce opposing ideas on the basis of "morality"
• Dismissive when hearing what they are taught is a "dangerous" thought
• Able to hold two contradicting opinions at once
• Failure to perceive logical errors
OBTAINING PHYSICAL POWER
• Pretend they are seizing power UNWILLINGLY and just for a limited time
• Continue the narrative that "just around the corner" there is an end to these new control measures
• Pretend they are seizing power UNWILLINGLY and just for a limited time
• Continue the narrative that "just around the corner" there is an end to these new control measures
HOW THE POWERFUL STAY IN POWER
• Keep classes fighting under the banner of equality
• A politician comes along claiming to help the masses under the guise of justice
• Once "equality" or socialism is reached, it is much harder to reach middle or high class
• Keep classes fighting under the banner of equality
• A politician comes along claiming to help the masses under the guise of justice
• Once "equality" or socialism is reached, it is much harder to reach middle or high class
WHY CAN THIS HAPPEN
"Slavery is freedom"
• People are easily influenced & possessed at lower levels of consciousness
• When they are a part of the whole, they feel powerful
• When you ARE the Party, you escape your identity and therefore... your reality
"Slavery is freedom"
• People are easily influenced & possessed at lower levels of consciousness
• When they are a part of the whole, they feel powerful
• When you ARE the Party, you escape your identity and therefore... your reality
