Been reading some more 1984... ( conspiracy )

submitted 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

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

boogieman_

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

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

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

Orwell 1984 became "Oh Well" in 2014.

escapefromredditbay

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

escapefromredditbay

fuck you too, goatfucker.

escapefromredditbay

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

mirimar

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

xeemee

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

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

Dont leave Brave New World out

boogieman_

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

Pnac is hardly fiction.

escapefromredditbay

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

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

cynoclast

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

ElspethTirel

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

Bubbha

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

cynoclast

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

ElspethTirel

Gotta make the proles think the rich get punished.

escapefromredditbay

ah, yes, that is a good point.

ding0bait

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_

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

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

Well said!

Drejul

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