Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Orwell, man of the moment.

Paul Krugman's column in the NY Times of March 29th uses the phrases from 1984 that seem to typify things today. He says, "How many Republican senators can get away with claiming that war is peace, slavery is freedom and regulating big banks is doing those big banks a favor. He forgot to mention the other slogan from
1984,"Ignorance is strength".
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  1. B.D. CrabtreeMarch 31, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    I'm a huge Orwell fan and just unveiled two t-shirts based on the novel: http://kafkacotton.com/blog/2010/03/voting-is-strength-new-1984-designs/

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  2. Thor OxnardApril 9, 2010 at 7:52 PM

    "Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" - George Orwell in "Politics and the English Language"

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