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Tag Archives: George Orwell
Why Orwell matters
His defence of freedom flies in the face of all that is woke and regressive today. By Bruno Waterfield Source: Spike Online Most people think that George Orwell was writing about, and against, totalitarianism – especially when they encounter him … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, elites, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, censorship, civil liberties, Consciousness, Dystopia, elites, Eric Blair, fascism, George Orwell, intellectuals, language, Newspeak, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, Sociology, Technocracy, Totalitarianism, Will Self
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Prostitutes of the Press
By Stephen Lendman Source: The Stephen Lendman Blog Western MSM operate as fake news ministries of truth in nations where they’re located. They’re bribed with big bucks to lie and mass-deceive by sticking exclusively to the fabricated official narrative. On … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged censorship, China, corporate news, empire, Fake News, fascism, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, NATO, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, surveillance state, Ukraine, war
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WE ARE TRAPPED IN A TRUMAN SHOW DIRECTED BY PSYCHOPATHS
“Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. My own belief is that the ruling oligarchy will find less arduous and wasteful ways of governing and of satisfying its lust for power, and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Health, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, Aldous Huxley, Allegory of the Cave, Brave New World, conditioning, corporate media, COVID vaccines, Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, elites, George Orwell, Globalists, Government, Indoctrination, Mainstream Media, Pandemic, Philosophy, Plato, propaganda, psychopaths, society, Sociology, Technocracy, The Great Reset, The Truman Show, Vaccines
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Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, 9/11, AI, Authoritarianism, Center for Strategic and International Studies, China, civil liberties, Covid-19, digital authoritarianism, digital surveillance, Dystopia, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, PKD, police state, Privacy, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Technotyranny, though police, Totalitarianism
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The Subtleties of Anti-Russia Leftist Rhetoric
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain While the so-called liberal and conservative corporate mainstream media – all stenographers for the intelligence agencies – pour forth the most blatant propaganda about Russia and Ukraine that is so conspicuous that it … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Christian Parenti, corporate news, Doublethink, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, Liberals, Mainstream Media, NATO, Neocons, Noam Chomsky, Russia, The Intercept, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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Humilitainment: How to Control the Citizenry Through Reality TV Distractions
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours…. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, elites, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, Big Brother, civil liberties, corporate media, corporate news, Dystopia, free speech, George Orwell, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, news, Newspeak, police state, propaganda, Psyops, reality TV, surveillance state
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The Future Is Here: Dystopian Movies Fit for a Dystopian World
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Film, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, A Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Art, culture, Dystopia, film, George Orwell, Government, Literature, Margaret Atwood, Minority Report i, Philip K. Dick, police state, Science fiction, society, state violence, surveillance state, Technocracy, The Handmaid’s Tale
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WHY IS NON-CONFORMITY YOUR GREATEST ASSET IN THESE STRANGE TIMES?
By Dylan Charles Source: Waking Times Have you noticed that in most of the great works of dystopian science fiction and cinema there’s a recurring theme of mass conformity to uncomfortably rigid and enforced social norms? There’s always an impenetrable … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged 1984, Carl Jung, Conformity, consciopusness, Consciousness, culture, Dystopia, George Orwell, Individuality, non-conformity, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality
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