Been reading some more 1984... (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by Drejul

"In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening."

whisky_cat ago

I ordered 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 for myself for Christmas, best gifts I'll have received in a long time.

boogieman_ ago

You should also get A Brave New World. While you're at it The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is an eye opener and is a hell of an interesting read.

whisky_cat ago

I'll check it out, I haven't read books for like a decade now so it's a new thing I'm attempting. The last books I read were in college long ago, and they were Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and A Peoples History Of The United States

escapefromredditbay ago

goatfucker, some day you just might pull your face out of goat taint long enough to sound like, not a fuckhead, but, oh well.

InternetExpert ago

Orwell 1984 became "Oh Well" in 2014.

escapefromredditbay ago

goatfucker, i kind of wonder whether or not anyone could take you seriously...id guess no.

escapefromredditbay ago

fuck you too, goatfucker.

escapefromredditbay ago

goatfucker, your spouting rhetoric and your acting like a simple prole.

mirimar ago

Some evil governments have used 1984 as an instruction manual on how to manipulate a population. And it is working.

xeemee ago

Some evil governments have used 1984 as an instruction manual ...

yeah, along with the Report from Iron Mountain

...and Rebuilding America's Defenses

whisky_cat ago

Interesting excerpt from PNAC:

The Army needs to restore units based in the United States – those needed in the event of a major theater war – to high states of readiness.

theater war

forgetmyname ago

Dont leave Brave New World out

boogieman_ ago

Shhhh... Only free people can have 60" Plasma TV. We are so free! Are you not entertained every waking second? No? You need Smaaaht phone. You deserve it. You work hard. Go ahead, candy crush is waiting!

Gravspeed ago

Pnac is hardly fiction.

escapefromredditbay ago

ill put it out there becuase it needs to be put out there, if your first concern, looking at the news, is muslims and immigration, youve gotten hooked by a carrot. and your chasing that fucking carrot like a beaten dog, and the person holding the carrot stick, is laughing his ass off.

Migrantworker ago

That isn't THE problem buts it's one.

cynoclast ago

No that's the two minutes hate you're thinking of.

ElspethTirel ago

If anyone didn't notice, Martin Shkreli was the two minutes of hate victim this week.

Bubbha ago

Yeah the CISA was passed last week. Snuck in to the big budget bill.

cynoclast ago

And for ripping off the rich, not the pharmaceutical profiteering.

ElspethTirel ago

Gotta make the proles think the rich get punished.

escapefromredditbay ago

ah, yes, that is a good point.

ding0bait ago

The public at large are proles. And as long as they continue to be disinterested and captivated with shiny baubles those in power will leave them be and remain in power.

this is the Roman circus. Free bread. The only people who need be afraid are those who do understand.

boogieman_ ago

Remember when the Snowden leaks were masked and disappeared from the news circuit when Miley Cyrus rubbed a foam finger on her crotch? I do.

Look at this outrageous shit over here! Look at the shiny thing in my right hand while my left hand secretly pickpockets you.

GizaDog ago

The only people who need be afraid are those who do understand.

Well said!

Drejul ago

I think more people need to know what the ramifications are for things the gov is demanding.