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Douglas Kellner writes:
Douglas Kellner writes:
:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new [[totalitarian]] language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or [[subversion|subversive]] thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("[[freedom]] is [[slavery]]"), or are simply eliminated from the [[dictionary]] and everyday [[language]]. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced.<ref>http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm</ref>
:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new [[totalitarian]] language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or [[subversion|subversive]] thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("[[war]] is [[peace]],<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/daily-show-drags-biden-world-155409370.html</ref> [[freedom]] is [[slavery]]" etc.), or are simply eliminated from the [[dictionary]] and everyday [[language]]. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced.<ref>http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm</ref>
It is a terrifying notion, not least for its plausibility and the games we see played with words and meanings by the [[far left]] and mainstream Democrats today.
It is a terrifying notion, not least for its plausibility and the games we see played with words and meanings by the [[far left]] and mainstream Democrats today.