Don't be like a teenage me and get bored and speed through the parts about language... It may seem dry, but it turns out those were some of his most accurate predictions
I read it a few times but I realized there was more to get from it cause I sort of sped read through some (dry) parts the first time. This was back in the mid 2000s when there was less relevant information for us in North America at the time. Nowadays it needs to be brought in for any decent curriculum, though I don't think the fascists would approve that.
Course in the US there's a lot less demanding of education for reasons like this book, you understand what can lead to our current situation and see how harmful it is. Heaven forbid the common folk understand propaganda like they show. Any truly great society would relish in their citizens being well educated and informed of such things to make better progress going forward.
Any excuse to charge the company credit card. Extracting money from the federal government for their donors has been the reason for being of politicians, since before we were born.
In all likelihood, barring popular muscular opposition, ha ha, they will bankrupt the country and maxx out our credit before the party loses power. I suspect they de facto default by printing money to pay off debts that waters down the value, a classic in monarchies in europe over the centuries, although they had to lower the percent of precious metal in the currency and the value would immediately reflect that, but the debtors had to eat it.
Never make a deal with the powerful, they are not to be trusted, as an ancient adage tells us.
23 Comments
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 225d
✅ War is peace
☑️ Freedom is slavery
✅ Ignorance is strength
victorz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 225d
Currently reading it. Pretty good so far.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
In the very beginning there’s a scene where people are watching a war film that seemed eerily reminiscent of the attacks on boats in Venezuela.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 224d
Don't be like a teenage me and get bored and speed through the parts about language... It may seem dry, but it turns out those were some of his most accurate predictions
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d
Cool, I won't, thanks for the heads up!
orbitz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 224d
I read it a few times but I realized there was more to get from it cause I sort of sped read through some (dry) parts the first time. This was back in the mid 2000s when there was less relevant information for us in North America at the time. Nowadays it needs to be brought in for any decent curriculum, though I don't think the fascists would approve that.
Course in the US there's a lot less demanding of education for reasons like this book, you understand what can lead to our current situation and see how harmful it is. Heaven forbid the common folk understand propaganda like they show. Any truly great society would relish in their citizens being well educated and informed of such things to make better progress going forward.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d
Francis Bacon?
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d
George Orwell.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
I was subverting an ancient reddit meme where a redditor remembered:
'Knowledge is Power' 'France is Bacon' ,
Where the former quote is by Francis Bacon.
But I do appreciate your correctness <3
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Goddamit—
myster0n@feddit.nl · 44 pts · 225d
They will invite anyone who is bored of peace
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 225d
Up is down. Down is up.
Ministry of truth. Ministry of peace.
biofaust@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 225d
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 225d
I assume Putin is getting that $1 billion fee for a permanent spot waived by bff Trump.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 225d
Not waived, US taxpayers will probably foot the bill...
hector@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 224d
Any excuse to charge the company credit card. Extracting money from the federal government for their donors has been the reason for being of politicians, since before we were born.
In all likelihood, barring popular muscular opposition, ha ha, they will bankrupt the country and maxx out our credit before the party loses power. I suspect they de facto default by printing money to pay off debts that waters down the value, a classic in monarchies in europe over the centuries, although they had to lower the percent of precious metal in the currency and the value would immediately reflect that, but the debtors had to eat it.
Never make a deal with the powerful, they are not to be trusted, as an ancient adage tells us.
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 225d
Yeah, Putin, Mr. Peace himself.
Smart_Penicillin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 225d
Is this for real?
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 14 pts · 225d
The Onion just can't keep up anymore
tomiant@piefed.social · 14 pts · 225d
War is Peace.
Critical_Drinking@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 225d
It is a servant master dynamic.
kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 224d
One of these kinds
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 225d
What the fuck.