When we read George Orwell’s 1984, we thought it was a just a satire of days that would never come. We were naive and so, here we are in Trump’s authoritarian 2025 non-satire.
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale –the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’
‘Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ‘doublethink’.
Page 40 of 1984
“In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in new speak: facecrime, it was called.
Let's not forget Mein Kampf, which is also front and center of events.
Page 19 of 1984
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale –the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’
‘Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ‘doublethink’.
Page 40 of 1984
“In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in new speak: facecrime, it was called.
We are in deep doo doo.
Agreed. Stay strong, sis. 💪🏻💙