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Keith M's avatar

Some say the term is overused, but the US is currently Orwellian. Yes, the protectors of the status quo continually amplify a flood of filtered, ahistorical, exceptionalist, imperial claptrap. But they also occasionally reverse course and pretend they have always thought thus - obviously weak-minded citizens are misremembering what they heard last month or last year. Looking forward to Anti-vaxxer Hate Week and the newest edition of the Newspeak dictionary!

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Terry Byrne's avatar

When hasn't the usa been Orwellian, Keith?

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Keith M's avatar

I suppose I meant that technology has now reached the point where dystopian fiction has become dystopian fact, for the US and other nations. But a fair case can be made that we are the most propagandized population of them all.

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