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'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.
'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.
In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]] if that premise implies two contradictory [[statement]]s (see [[Reductio Ad Absurdum]]). So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives. For instance, doublethink is thinking that Barack Obama is a Limousine Liberal and a Socialist, and that Mexicans are both taking jobs and lazy welfare kings/queens.
In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]] if that premise implies two contradictory [[statement]]s (see [[Reductio Ad Absurdum]]). So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.
==Examples of Liberal Doublethink Today==
==Examples of Liberal Doublethink==
*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.
*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.
*Moving effortlessly back and forth between praising the wisdom of the people and saying that America is a republic, not a democracy, in accordance with whether the majority agrees with any given liberal principle or not.
*Moving effortlessly back and forth between praising the wisdom of the people and saying that America is a republic, not a democracy, in accordance with whether the majority agrees with any given liberal principle or not.
*Leftists have traditionally supported withdrawing troops from distant countries such as [[Germany]], but left-wing [[CNN]] opposed withdrawing troops once [[Republican Party|Republican]] President [[Donald Trump]] announced he would do so.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/europe/europe-us-troop-movement-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html CNN Analysis: Trump's planned troop pullout from Germany has many military holes]</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Cognitive dissonance]]
*[[Cognitive dissonance]]