Those who uphold and defend as well as spread economic and political liberty
are called Conservatives while those who seek to lock humanity down
under their total control are called Progressives. In effect, in the
political context, the practical meanings of the political labels are
reversed. The one of the functions of language is to serve as the operating
system of human thought. But the function of Newspeak is to prevent
correct identification of the facts of reality. Thus blood soaked tyrants
such as Fidel Castro or Josef Stalin are called liberators and liberators such as
President Trump are called oppressors. But since clarity of thought, the
correct identification of the facts of reality, is necessary for humans
to survive and prosper, a language form that obscures facts and
disconnects thought from reality has the effect of being toxic to human
life. Each subsequent revision of Newspeak with its increasing
disconnection from reality is increasingly toxic to human life. An
ultimate version of Newspeak, in which any thought is impossible, would
be totally lethal. Thus if we're to survive and prosper as individuals and as a
society we must remove the newspeakers from our intellectual
establishments and if necessary isolate them from society altogether.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Newspeak In Action
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