Orwell Was an Optimist

Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

Karl Marx

 

 

 

So glad the adults are back in charge.

 

https://twitter.com/DrHughAkston1/status/1519833119112765446

 

Orwell’s 1984 was high tragedy.  We are living through the low farce version.

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Bob Kurland
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Friday, April 29, AD 2022 4:06am

but they can’t control what you think (or can they?)

Rudolph Harrier
Rudolph Harrier
Friday, April 29, AD 2022 5:42am

Just build your own parallel universe.

Quotermeister
Quotermeister
Friday, April 29, AD 2022 6:20am
Art Deco
Art Deco
Friday, April 29, AD 2022 6:48am

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/nina-jankowicz

I understand the Russians have a term for persons of this sort, and the term translated into English is ‘office plankton’.

GregB
Friday, April 29, AD 2022 9:13am

When I read about this I can’t help but think of what happened to Jimmy Lai.

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