Authored by John Vibes via ActivistPost.com,
In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, there is an all-encompassing surveillance state that keeps a watchful eye on everyone, in search of possible rebels and points of resistance.
Censorship is the norm in this world, and is so extreme that individuals can become “unpersons” who are essentially deleted from society because their ideas were considered dangerous by the establishment. This is an idea that is very familiar to activists and independent journalists who are being removed from the public conversation for speaking out about government and corporate corruption on social media.
Orwell is famous for coining the term “double-speak,” which is a way to describe the euphemistic language that government uses to whitewash their most dirty deeds. For example, in Orwell’s story, the ministry of propaganda was called the Ministry of Truth, just as today the government agency that was once known as “The Department of War,” is now called the “Department of Defense.”...https://www.theburningplatform.com/2019/05/14/1984-turns-70-years-old-in-a-world-that-looks-a-lot-like-the-book/
Also see: 1. 20 Passages From George Orwell’s 1984 That Have Become R eality
2. Ten things you may not know about Orwell's '1984'
3. George Orwell's 1984, Animal Farm
4. Socialism has never worked
In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, there is an all-encompassing surveillance state that keeps a watchful eye on everyone, in search of possible rebels and points of resistance.Censorship is the norm in this world, and is so extreme that individuals can become “unpersons” who are essentially deleted from society because their ideas were considered dangerous by the establishment. This is an idea that is very familiar to activists and independent journalists who are being removed from the public conversation for speaking out about government and corporate corruption on social media.
Orwell is famous for coining the term “double-speak,” which is a way to describe the euphemistic language that government uses to whitewash their most dirty deeds. For example, in Orwell’s story, the ministry of propaganda was called the Ministry of Truth, just as today the government agency that was once known as “The Department of War,” is now called the “Department of Defense.”...https://www.theburningplatform.com/2019/05/14/1984-turns-70-years-old-in-a-world-that-looks-a-lot-like-the-book/
Also see: 1. 20 Passages From George Orwell’s 1984 That Have Become R eality
2. Ten things you may not know about Orwell's '1984'
3. George Orwell's 1984, Animal Farm
4. Socialism has never worked
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