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1984 - The primary aim of modern continuous warfare: maintain the stability of a hierarchical society.

by thecounterpunch

The Malthus Factor: Poverty Politics and Population in Capitalist Development It examines how Malthusian arguments portrayed agricultural modernization as a humanitarian attempt to forestall a food crisis in... published 17 months ago

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G. Chesterton - Capitalism and Communism rest on the same idea: a Centralization of Wealth destroying Private Property

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), was a poet and essayist. In his work The End of the Armistice, Chesterton wrote: "both capitalism and communism rest on the same idea: a centralization of wealth... published 17 months ago

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How propaganda works: the ruse of Hegelian Dialectic

by thecounterpunch

[Humoristic Book] Principia Discordia or the Hegelian Dialectic for the Masses "each crisis is 'an opportunity' to have develop out of this tragedy a new world order". -- George W. Bush invoked the new world... published 17 months ago

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George Orwell Revisited

by William F. Torpey

Big Brother seems to be breathing down my neck. I'm probably more paranoid than the next guy, but "1984" and George Orwell had it right. The police, the state of Connecticut and the IRS are all watching me -- and you! published 12 months ago

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Propaganda techniques

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Propagandists use a variety of propaganda techniques to influence opinions and to avoid the truth. Often these techniques rely on either omitting significant information or distorting it. During the period... published 17 months ago

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Newspeak: a fictional language in George Orwell's novel 1984

by thecounterpunch

Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell's novel 1984. It has a reduced and simplified vocabulary and grammar. This suited the totalitarian regime of the Party, whose aim was to make any... published 17 months ago

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Cognitive Dissonance: Orwell called it DOUBLETHINK

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Newspeak: Orwell's fictional language How propaganda works: the ruse of hegelian dialectics Social psychologist Leon Festinger first proposed the theory in 1956: Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term... published 17 months ago

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