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<blockquote data-quote="Holliday Unchained" data-source="post: 242508" data-attributes="member: 1213">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/orwellian-1984-donald-trump-jr-josh-hawley.html[/URL]The imagery and language of George Orwell’s novel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151010269/?tag=slatmaga-20" target="_blank">1984</a> has long been used as a rote stand-in descriptor for the right for the moments when they feel slighted, or as a way to point out a perceived overreach of power by the government (or, in these cases, private businesses).And it’s equally clear that they don’t know what they’re talking about.There’s an irony here: that the rhetoric invoking Orwell’s imagery is coming from a political movement that is essentially putting its head in the sand and denying actual reality. I’ve heard plenty of people talking about how it’s an established fact that climate change is a hoax, how the Democrats are secretly trafficking children, the left stole the election for Biden, or that the entirety of the political right is being silenced because of a cabal of tech companies conspiring against it.And those beliefs are supported by a larger media ecosystem of TV networks, talk radio, alt-right blogs, and social media platforms, all of which have convinced a large segment of the population that reality isn’t really what it seems—and that it doesn’t matter. Remember: A prominent member of this party once championed the phrase “alternative facts” with a straight face.Now that’s Orwellian.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/25/george-orwell-donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-1984[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/orwells-1984-and-trumps-america[/URL]Trump simply failed in his attempt to establish BigBrother. Not for lack of trying.&nbsp;Just ineptitude. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/george-orwell-1984-censorship-socialism[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Holliday Unchained, post: 242508, member: 1213"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/orwellian-1984-donald-trump-jr-josh-hawley.html[/URL] The imagery and language of George Orwell’s novel [URL='http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151010269/?tag=slatmaga-20'][I]1984[/I][/URL] has long been used as a rote stand-in descriptor for the right for the moments when they feel slighted, or as a way to point out a perceived overreach of power by the government (or, in these cases, private businesses). And it’s equally clear that they don’t know what they’re talking about. There’s an irony here: that the rhetoric invoking Orwell’s imagery is coming from a political movement that is essentially putting its head in the sand and denying actual reality. I’ve heard plenty of people talking about how it’s an established fact that climate change is a hoax, how the Democrats are secretly trafficking children, the left stole the election for Biden, or that the entirety of the political right is being silenced because of a cabal of tech companies conspiring against it. And those beliefs are supported by a larger media ecosystem of TV networks, talk radio, alt-right blogs, and social media platforms, all of which have convinced a large segment of the population that reality isn’t really what it seems—and that it doesn’t matter. Remember: A prominent member of this party once championed the phrase “alternative facts” with a straight face. Now that’s Orwellian. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/25/george-orwell-donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-1984[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/orwells-1984-and-trumps-america[/URL] Trump simply failed in his attempt to establish BigBrother. Not for lack of trying. Just ineptitude. [URL unfurl="true"]https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/george-orwell-1984-censorship-socialism[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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