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edhopper

(37,025 posts)
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:08 PM Apr 2025

"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five"

George Orwell 1984
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense.


And thus it is with the MAGA
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"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five" (Original Post) edhopper Apr 2025 OP
I read 1984 recently. Amazing how relevant it is. Raven123 Apr 2025 #1
It's their guidebook lame54 Apr 2025 #2
In the end, you must not only obey Big Brother... Wounded Bear Apr 2025 #3
And you must always believe Big Brother. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #4

Wounded Bear

(63,781 posts)
3. In the end, you must not only obey Big Brother...
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:22 PM
Apr 2025

It is necessary that you love him.

- Not sure of the exact quote, but that's the gist of it.

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