Posted on 04/24/2024 10:04:32 AM PDT by DallasBiff
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” So begins 1984, author George Orwell’s frightening novel about citizens under the thrall of a dictatorship. “Big Brother is watching you” is a threat and a warning to the populace that is surveilled by the all-seeing eye of the “telescreen” that tracks their every move while also pacifying them with cheap entertainment and state propaganda. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength” are watchwords of the shadowy, thuggish regime in Orwell’s cautionary tale of tyranny rampant in a future world where courage is quashed while complacency and compliance are expected and enforced.
Flash forward to today’s bleak political landscape.The fictional dystopia of 1984 was an imaginary world, but an authoritarian regime could become an American reality in 2024 if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump has long had a fascination with political strongmen in such countries as Russia, China, Turkey, Hungary and North Korea. He has made remarks about using dictatorial powers to close the borders and drill for oil on his first day back in office if he wins in November. George Orwell warned long ago that there is no such thing as “dictator for a day” when he said, “We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”
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Possibly the dumbest article I never finished reading.
Just amazing how skillful the left twists things!
No wonder why these dumb, naïve college kids are easy to control!
Thanks.. Trump as Goldstein, maybe? MAGA as The Brotherhood?
Political strongmen in such countries as Russia, China, Turkey, Hungary and North Korea.
Trump is the one to thank for that everyone knew their place and the risk of trying a power struggle.
Now look at the dangers Biden & Co have caused Trump must return.
Incessant lawfare against his political opponent, stealing an election then imprisoning hundreds of ordinary citizens who showed up to peacefully protest, but TRUMP is Big Brother? It’s clear that YOU’RE what George Orwell warned us about.
“He has made remarks about using dictatorial powers to close the borders and drill for oil on his first day back in office if he wins in November. “
Total Hyperbole.
Geez, they don’t even try any longer to get facts correct.
HE WAS JOKING!
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