George Orwell's "1984" and doublethink

[Zathras]

Watch Seven Days in May.
You will see the attempt to destroy a President using the Media and key people inside the Gov.

The only difference is the movie attacked Conservatives and those attacking the President were in the military instead of the State Dept, DOJ, IRS, FBI, CIA

Its actually scary how far we have fallen

[William Tell]

"It was purposeful to keep the population mentally docile and to prevent rebellion."

My understanding is that the purpose was to legitimize contradictory policies. This was necessary because every policy had a public justification but rarely was this the real justification. As a result, contradictions abounded. The solution was to suggest that the stability of society depended upon believing two contradictory ideas simultaneously.

Basically everybody was expected to simply ignore these contradictions for the benefit of all.

[gspurlock]

Thanks for the link to the book! Got to chapter 8 and will finish it in a few days. It’s very interesting.