Posted on 10/23/2020 7:09:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
George Orwell wrote his prophetic masterpiece 1984 barely three years after Europe was liberated from the oppressive grip of Nazi socialism. Victory notwithstanding, Orwell remained preoccupied with the ease and speed with which a nation's freedom could be lost. Freedom's strength was also liberty's fragility — a free people could choose to relinquish freedom. This poignant lesson was Orwell's wake-up call that the great draconian nightmare hadn't ended — it was merely postponed.
This existential threat must have terrified Orwell so deeply that he envisioned the resurgence of a tyrannical society a mere 36 years after the blitzkrieg of World War II. Even with today's 2020 hindsight, one wonders how he could have so accurately predicted the impending demise of civilization. His only miscalculation was the appointed year. Nineteen eighty-four came and went without fanfare despite the chilling effects of a "cold war," a term Orwell coined to describe his "peace that is no peace." His timing may well have proven accurate were it not for one unknown unknown in Orwell's visionary acumen: Ronald Reagan.
Now, 36 years after 1984's forecast, 2020 offers itself as an eerie time portal — a way back to the future of Orwell's prophetic world of freedom lost.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Approaching?
Hell, we’re doing our damnedest to LEAVE IT!.................
We need to start celebrating the day Sacco and Vanzetti were executed just to tell their modern counterparts who want their Revolution what we think of them.
No...more like Brave New World.
Ya think? Orwell predicted that big tech and control of the MSM would be the means that elites, who disdain the common folk, would seize and maintain power.
If we don’t re elect President Trump, Bidementia and his controllers will make 1984 look like a 1st grade primer.
Just look at how Gov. Grusome wants us to celebrate Thanksgiving.
California Gov. Newsom’s Thanksgiving Rules Explained as Severe Restrictions Put in Place
NewsWeek ^ | 10/22/2020 | Soo Kim
“Gatherings are defined as social situations that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place. When people from different households mix, this increases the risk of transmission of COVID-19,” the CDPH said in a statement.
All gatherings must include no more than three households, including hosts and guests, and must be held outdoors, lasting for two hours of less.
Masks must stay on after eating and drinking
Singing and shouting “strongly discouraged” “do so quietly (at or below the volume of a normal speaking voice),” and wear a face covering while engaged in the activity
“Seating must provide at least 6 feet of distance
We approached a long time ago. Now it’s in the rear-view mirror.
“1984” is the Democrat party manual for governing.
I had someone tell me the other day that tolerance didn’t include putting up with the intolerant - and they were completely serious.
Sooooo what do y'all think?The government wants to disarm us after 244 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!
At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son
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1984 squared!
Just wait for 2084.
A really good article.
I agree. We are way closer to Brave New World than 1984. Our version of soma: meds, electronic screens, the 24 hour news cycle, social media. The poorest people are the most likely to be obese, the most entertained poor people ever, the least used to physical labor ever.
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One has to wonder how many Kali-Fornians will give Gov. Grusome and his LIEberal lackeys the finger and enjoy Thanksgiving in the traditional ways?
I just watched (and then, after renting it, purchased both the streaming and DVD) Dinesh D’Souza’s “Trump Card”.
No spoiler here, but the famous scene from Orwell’s 1984 (where Winston is being tortured by O’Brien because he cannot see that 2+2=5, if that is what the State says it is) is featured prominently.
Brilliant. One of the best political documentaries I have seen, and I have seen a few.
Dinesh D’Souza is really maturing as a filmmaker. I predict he is going to be big in that field.
“Trump Card”. Check it out...
COVID struck fear in the foolish, ignorant, feckless, and gullible. Without hesitation, millions of once free people willingly surrendered their freedom, for the promise of being "safe" from a phantom.
Damned fools, who may well have doomed us all.
Big Tech is Big Brother
We bought "Trump Card" and viewed last weekend.
It is an outstanding MUST-WATCH film.
D'Souza pulls no punches about what Socialism/Communism is really about.
It’s more like 1984 everyday. The cancel culture, erasing history, etc.
Gun grabber David Hogg, along with many others, thought Trump was calling illegal immigrant parents actual four legged cyotes.
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