#Orwellian

Peter Foster

pmdfoster

Where @Steven_Swinford interviews @GavinWilliamson who admits the exams algorithm creates individual injustices...It is both Orwellian and un-Tory: faceless Govt algorithm creates individual injustices in the name of central statistical con

Jean Paul Zodeaux

JeanPaulZodeaux

1/The ability to distinguish is a prerequisite of sanity.While there are eerie similarities between Alan Moore's graphic novel and the subsequent film, the point of V for Vendetta appears to

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

As Orwell understood, waging war against imaginary enemies serves to entrench abritrary power, not to challenge it. If @BBradley_Mans shares Orwell's concerns about diversity of thought, tolerance of dissent &

Alex Arrelia

AlexArrelia

I’ll also go on another Orwell tangent: Conservatives love calling any new “woke” word that enters common usage as “Orwellian”, because they don’t want to be “forced” by social pressure

(((RedRedSuit))) - please wear masks

RedRedSuit

I clearly take Twitter way too personally, when I engage with someone. I trust people. I am optimistic and hopeful about people’s potential. I have this suspicion always that irreconcilably

Seth Frantzman

sfrantzman

I was 21 when the US launched its “war on terror,” at the time I thought it was reasonable and critiques of calling groups “terrorist” didn’t convince. Later I realized

Mike Caulfield

holden

This is a great article by @cwarzel and a good opportunity to talk (once again) why the SIFT methodology is radically different than the media literacy students are often taught.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1357377153155883012

ScoonTV

ScoonTv

Good Afternoon. I was suspended for 12 hours for posting an article identifying the patent # of the Bill Gates vaccine is 060606. I’m uncertain how much longer I’ll be

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

The frenetic mass media propaganda campaign against Julian Assange was easily the creepiest and most Orwellian thing I've ever witnessed. And now it is silent. It did its job and

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

In 2014, China introduced the Social Credit System, a ranking and surveillance mechanism used to determine what people are allowed to do, and where they rank in societyThread According to

Alan Levinovitz

AlanLevinovitz

This is a polemical article, in a partisan publication that, in nearly all cases, produces work antithetical to my own political leanings.Yet this article neatly captures my own concerns with

Philosopher Kin vs Big Brother

rogerahicks

#GeorgeOrwell wrote 1984 (pub. 1949) under the strong influence of recently defeated fascism & still rampant Soviet communism. He could hardly have imagined how #BigBrother would embrace #LiberalDemocracy, #AntiFascism &

Rage Against the Machine Updates

RATMupdates

For those confused- currently we know that Rage has partnered with The Ummah Chroma for a film on race and ethnicity/ identity in the United States. Shots have already included

Emran Feroz

Emran_Feroz

For @The_NewArab, I have written a piece about Western war crimes in Afghanistan."It took years to reveal a tiny part of the SAS's crimes in Afghanistan, and it's only a

Richard Bentall #FBPE #3.5% Project We Told You So

RichardBentall

To elaborate on this point: seems to me that Britain has an ossified class structure and the nation is ruled by a narrow clique of public school and oxbridge educated

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

Biden Will Likely Be Worse Than Obama. The Left Must Lead The Backlash, Or The Right Will."All US leftists will have any control over is whether this backlash will break

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