I Am Concerned About the Future of Earth
Some thoughts and quotes by George Orwell and others. It all sounds disturbingly familiar:
"[b]Totalitarianism[/b] demands, in fact, the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably [b]demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth[/b]."
“A totalitarian society which succeeded in perpetuating itself would probably set up a schizophrenic system of thought, in which [b]the laws of common sense[/b] held good in everyday life and in certain exact sciences, but [b]could be disregarded by the politician, the historian, and the sociologist[/b].”
"The totalitarian regime rests on lies because they are lies. [b]The subject of the totalitarian regime must accept them not as truth — must not, in fact, believe them — but accept them both as lies and as the only available reality[/b]. She must believe nothing. Just as Orwell predicted, over time [b]the totalitarian regime destroys the very concept, the very possibility of truth[/b]. Hannah Arendt identified this as one of the effects of totalitarian propaganda: it makes everything conceivable because 'nothing is true'.”
Welcome to the era of Trump (and others, many other, in many countries...)
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The original article concerns literature, if if anyone feels like reading more here's the link:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-challenge-of-writing-today
"[b]Totalitarianism[/b] demands, in fact, the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably [b]demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth[/b]."
“A totalitarian society which succeeded in perpetuating itself would probably set up a schizophrenic system of thought, in which [b]the laws of common sense[/b] held good in everyday life and in certain exact sciences, but [b]could be disregarded by the politician, the historian, and the sociologist[/b].”
"The totalitarian regime rests on lies because they are lies. [b]The subject of the totalitarian regime must accept them not as truth — must not, in fact, believe them — but accept them both as lies and as the only available reality[/b]. She must believe nothing. Just as Orwell predicted, over time [b]the totalitarian regime destroys the very concept, the very possibility of truth[/b]. Hannah Arendt identified this as one of the effects of totalitarian propaganda: it makes everything conceivable because 'nothing is true'.”
Welcome to the era of Trump (and others, many other, in many countries...)
😐
The original article concerns literature, if if anyone feels like reading more here's the link:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-challenge-of-writing-today
