To: Red Badger
From Orwell's 1984:
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake.
We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power.
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.
Power is not a means, it is an end.
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
The object of persecution is persecution.
The object of torture is torture.
The object of power is power.
11 posted on
09/30/2019 6:55:34 AM PDT by
cgbg
(Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
To: cgbg
15 posted on
09/30/2019 7:01:30 AM PDT by
rolling_stone
(no justice no peace)
To: cgbg
Exactly so!....................
19 posted on
09/30/2019 7:09:59 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
To: cgbg
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. Great point and excellent quote from Orwell.
A crystal clear example of this is the dem/left/socialist demands to surrender our weapons to the government.
The same government with which they wish to grant more and more power.
The same government they claim is out of control, tyrannical and oppresses/kills “minorities”, “the poor”, etc.
25 posted on
09/30/2019 7:43:31 AM PDT by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
To: cgbg
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
The object of persecution is persecution.
The object of torture is torture.
The object of power is power.
https://i.imgur.com/WjoG6dB.png
55 posted on
10/01/2019 7:23:08 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(Did Quid Pro Joe's son pay taxes on the $50,000 A MONTH 'earned' from Ukraine graft??)
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