1984 (Part 2)

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
(Source: '1984' George Orwell)

Think hard about these sentences. These are the party slogans for INGSOC, the totalitarian 'government' featured in the book. Think hard about the world you are in right now, does the slogans reflect on current affairs?'

WAR IS PEACE...the brand of amity brought on by the red, white and blue. The relentless urge to use force to strike down your enemies. In the context of the book, war was a way to cripple the economy and subjugate the citizens of your own country. Does it apply to our world?

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY...the country was founded on the principal that the primary role of the government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains... THINK...slavery is freedom...THINK...I rest my case.

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH...propaganda and the manipulation of information (in the book, the history of the world can be changed by the party in an instance), yes, ignorance is strength, but strength for whom?

So there you have it, this article is meant to get that rusty brain of yours thinking. Even if you're not into current affairs and politics, its good to laugh at the fallacy that we live in. This article was never intended to start you screaming out 'Where are our billions and billions of dollars?' and acting like a character right out of les miserables (the musical). Yes, we have other lunatics doing that for us.