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#doublethink

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@10tothe22 Hey there. I don't mind you sharing a graphic I dug up from my archives, but could you at least copy the alt text I put in there? TY! Also, the quote is from a movie, not Orwell.

Alt Text: An image of a metallic surface, with the letters I R A, and another spot where there is half a Q and half an N. Is the war between us an IRAN? Or us and IRAQ?
There is a quote below the image (misattributed to George Orwell):
"The war is not meant to be won
it is meant to be continuous."
- George Orwell

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#EndlessWars #IraqWar #IranWar #Oiligarchy #BigOil #BigOilAndGas #Doublethink
#Orwellian #1984Movie #EndlessWar

kolektiva.socialDoomsdaysCW (@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social)Attached: 1 image Not an actual #GeorgeOrwell quote, but it's from the movie version of 1984. In the movie, Winston Smith reads the quote as an excerpt from Emmanuel Goldstein's banned book: "The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous." #EndlessWars #IraqWar #IranWar #Oiligarchy #BigOil #BigOilAndGas #Doublethink #Orwellian #1984Movie

820 #ClimateEmergency #USpolitics #Eartday
#DoubleThink

For 'some reason' Simon Clark feels the urge to wear a ridiculous wig during this presentation. But thanks to his reputation of being a profound researcher and presenter, I gave him some leeway.
But the gas-lighting, absolute nonsense and plain lying by #Trump is dangerous and suicidal. No laughing matter at all.

"finally a president who follows science" [16:58 min]
by Simon Clark

youtube.com/watch?v=6CeZqdZQBl

Quote by SC:
"Apr 25, 2025
The Trump White House put out a press release to celebrate Earth day, touting what the administration was doing for the environment. Let's dive in to what they're saying, and how aligned it is with reality.
This Earth Day, President Trump posted a laundry list of what his administration was doing on environmental issues. What is President Trump doing on climate change? What is the USA doing about the environment?"

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

George Orwell in his novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” called the Big Lie “doublethink”. Doublethink uses “logic against logic” and “repudiate[s] morality while laying claim to it.” The Big Lie abolishes nuances, ambiguities and contradictions that can plague conscience. It is designed to create cognitive dissonance. It permits no gray zones.

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#propaganda
#DoubleThink
#BigLie

The Chris Hedges Report · Israel’s Culture of DeceitBy Chris Hedges

To the degree that #Israel persists in this kind of shameless, straight-faced Orwellian #doublethink, I reserve the right, and urge others to reserve the right, to *both* support #genocide charges against them in ICC *and* express doubts about whether the legal definition of genocide has been fulfilled.

Because contradictions in the same Goddamned breath are no longer a problem, right?

So...prosecute away. EXTRADITE away. If reality has no meaning, if that's how we're playing, why not?

Good Morning, all

If Robert Jenrick MP is such a fan of Rwanda why doesn't he move there, and give the rest of the Untied Kingdom a break from the xenophobic sense of entitlement displayed by him and his fellow Nastiz.

If Jenrick thinks Rwanda is such a safe country, a paradise for asylum seekers, he should move there and contemplate what George Orwell would make of his #Doublethink, as Honest Bob simultaneously holds that Transportation to Rwanda will deter asylum seekers coming to the UK.

Did they get the work experience lad to think up these talking points on #Brexit benefits?

The man and woman in the street have noticed no difference whatsoever in prices of beer and tampons and ‘Freeports’ (is that what we’re calling them again this week?) were always possible when we were in the EU.

We’re told one week we’ve got to accept we are poorer and not demand cost of living wage increases and the next everything is rosy.

#ElectionNow
#DoubleThink
#ToriesOut

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