Ignorance Is Not Bliss, Freedom Is And Tom Hanks
Without Prejudice
Tom Hanks on 60 Minutes tonight said what gives him hope is that 49 percent of the population plead ignorance and 51 percent prefer Freedom. That 2 percent gives him hope and me too.
I read 1984 by George Orwell when I was about 12, where " double speak " was the norm, all the better to keep the masses under control
With thanks to Ink Tank and Joel Willan
One of the most influential dystopian novels ever written, 1984 has had a profound effect on the world. Since its publication in 1949 many of its concepts have entered modern day parlance. Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak and Room 101 are all part of Orwell’s world. What’s more, as a result of the book, Orwellian is now a term to describes official deception, secret surveillance, and manipulation of the past by a totalitarian or authoritarian state. Orwell hoped that by writing 1984 he’d help stop such a state ever coming to pass. Read these 1984 quotes to decide for yourself.
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
Tom Hanks on 60 Minutes tonight said what gives him hope is that 49 percent of the population plead ignorance and 51 percent prefer Freedom. That 2 percent gives him hope and me too.
I read 1984 by George Orwell when I was about 12, where " double speak " was the norm, all the better to keep the masses under control
With thanks to Ink Tank and Joel Willan
One of the most influential dystopian novels ever written, 1984 has had a profound effect on the world. Since its publication in 1949 many of its concepts have entered modern day parlance. Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak and Room 101 are all part of Orwell’s world. What’s more, as a result of the book, Orwellian is now a term to describes official deception, secret surveillance, and manipulation of the past by a totalitarian or authoritarian state. Orwell hoped that by writing 1984 he’d help stop such a state ever coming to pass. Read these 1984 quotes to decide for yourself.
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
“Big Brother is Watching You.”
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
“Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.”
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
Scary stuff, especially the quote Big Brother Is Watching Teenagers would only know Big Brother as a T V show,
And there lies the final irony.
