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To: jmacusa

Ah the intricacies of Newspeak in Oceania.


23 posted on 08/22/2020 4:04:11 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Kozak
Exactly.

From 1984:

'Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Already, in the Eleventh Edition, we're not far from that point. But the process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.

52 posted on 08/22/2020 5:35:49 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: Kozak

Yes. All double plus ungood.


91 posted on 08/22/2020 11:47:05 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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