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Thought For the Day: The Whole Aim of Practical Politics Is To Keep the Populace In A Continual State of Alarm (and Hence Clamorous To Be Led To Safety)

Posted on September 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is to Narrow the Range of Thought?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” – George Orwell

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Thought For the Day: The Whole Aim of Practical Politics Is To Keep the Populace Alarmed (and Hence Clamorous To Be Led To Safety) By Menacing It With An Endless Series of Hobgoblins, All of Them Imaginary

Posted on June 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

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