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CRIMESTOP:
This is the method the totalitarian state uses in 1984 to control the populace by eroding their ability and willingness to question what they are told.
The confusion and apathy caused by conflicting information was encouraged by Conway’s declaration: “There’s no way to quantify crowds, we all know that.”
A similar situation was seen in the recent UK referendum when the onslaught of completely contradictory opinions and “facts” resulted in many people aggressively disregarding anything that was said by an “expert.”
Combined with the natural human aversion to hearing anything which contradicts what you believe, or simply want to believe, and this can easily become a potent tool of oppression and control.
SG
DOUBLETHINK:
This is the concept of persuading people to accept two totally opposed concepts or facts, alternative or otherwise.
Donald Trump has declared that up to three million illegal voters tainted the recent election and has launched a federal investigation. Yet this also undermines the legitimacy of the election which propelled him to power.
He has also declared that his victory was “historic” and yet, similarly, investigating it would undermine that assertion by implying the result was tainted.
Through an Orwellian lens, the President seems to be displaying the ability to only believe whatever suits each individual thought, no matter if they contradict each other.
REALITY CONTROL:
This is the way that the government in Orwell’s bleak vision shapes the past, present and future to fit its own narrative, until historical facts become irrelevant and forgotten.
By asserting that he is investigating his previous, unsubstantiated, claims of voter fraud, Trump presents those claims as an established fact that need a response. This begins to establish an alternate reality, unchallenged by people who do not wish to question or face uncomfortable truths. Similarly, the dismissal of media reports over the size of the crowds creates a new reality and undermines anyone who challenges its world view.
We all know that ‘history is written by the victors’ but the Party slogan in 1984 is suddenly even more chilling: “Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past.”
SG
SCIENCE:
Science and the scientific demand for empirical facts are a distant memory in 1984. anything based on observation, analysis and quantifiable evidence is an anathema to a system which wishes to keep its populace passive and compliant.
Some observers raised another Orwellian alarm when Trump issued a gag order on January 24 to prevent the US Environmental Protection Agency from releasing any information about their research to the public.
As science, technology and the internet drive the modern world, we live in the Information Age.
What would happen if a government sought to control, suppress and undermine the information we receive?
Why we all need to read – and reread – ‘1984’
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George Orwell’s 1984 Decodes Trump in 7 Articles You Need Today
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This is the method the totalitarian state uses in 1984 to control the populace by eroding their ability and willingness to question what they are told.
The confusion and apathy caused by conflicting information was encouraged by Conway’s declaration: “There’s no way to quantify crowds, we all know that.”
A similar situation was seen in the recent UK referendum when the onslaught of completely contradictory opinions and “facts” resulted in many people aggressively disregarding anything that was said by an “expert.”
Combined with the natural human aversion to hearing anything which contradicts what you believe, or simply want to believe, and this can easily become a potent tool of oppression and control.
SG The film version of 1984 presents a bleak future
This is the concept of persuading people to accept two totally opposed concepts or facts, alternative or otherwise.
Donald Trump has declared that up to three million illegal voters tainted the recent election and has launched a federal investigation. Yet this also undermines the legitimacy of the election which propelled him to power.
He has also declared that his victory was “historic” and yet, similarly, investigating it would undermine that assertion by implying the result was tainted.
Through an Orwellian lens, the President seems to be displaying the ability to only believe whatever suits each individual thought, no matter if they contradict each other.
This is the way that the government in Orwell’s bleak vision shapes the past, present and future to fit its own narrative, until historical facts become irrelevant and forgotten.
By asserting that he is investigating his previous, unsubstantiated, claims of voter fraud, Trump presents those claims as an established fact that need a response. This begins to establish an alternate reality, unchallenged by people who do not wish to question or face uncomfortable truths. Similarly, the dismissal of media reports over the size of the crowds creates a new reality and undermines anyone who challenges its world view.
We all know that ‘history is written by the victors’ but the Party slogan in 1984 is suddenly even more chilling: “Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past.”
SG In 1984 the populace do not question whatever they are told
Science and the scientific demand for empirical facts are a distant memory in 1984. anything based on observation, analysis and quantifiable evidence is an anathema to a system which wishes to keep its populace passive and compliant.
Some observers raised another Orwellian alarm when Trump issued a gag order on January 24 to prevent the US Environmental Protection Agency from releasing any information about their research to the public.
As science, technology and the internet drive the modern world, we live in the Information Age.
What would happen if a government sought to control, suppress and undermine the information we receive?
World Wide Web of Vampires and Political Psychopaths 