Mastodawn

Would not surprise me if #Trump and #Xi are cynically dividing the world into spheres of influence behind closed doors, like 1984 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/china-us-summit_n_6a05564fe4b0def65bfbe33b?origin=top-ad-recirc My take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/01/23/are-we-headed-toward-an-orwellian-geopolitical-dystopia/ #taiwan #china #geopolitics #orwell #orwellian #dystopia

China's Xi Warns Trump That Differences Over Taiwan Could Lead To Conflict

The pair met for about two hours behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People after an elaborate welcome ceremony.

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c_pages 2d ago

@paul_denton La liberté, c'est pouvoir dire que 2 et 2 font 5.

#Orwell

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Børge 5d ago

If the essay Pacifism and the war was really written by George Orwell during WW2, it's very strange to me that his views on pacifism is not mentioned at all in his Wikipedia article.

https://orwell.ru/library/articles/pacifism/english/e_patw

The reason I feel uncertain about the origin of the text is because the best source for it I can find is this Russian website, and otherwise seemingly random blogs. Which is why I went to Wikipedia for more information about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell

#orwell #pacifism

Enjolras 6d ago

🌚 👁️ El feixisme judicial que ens va regalar la Immaculada Transición està en plena forma. L'aigua comença a bullir i les granotes som nosaltres. Per a més info, estudieu història #Falange #Hasel #Rufian #Orwell

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Stephen Gutknecht 6d ago

#1984PlusOne " 1984 ++ "

#Orwell is old news, 1984 + 1 = 1985. Please Read Neil Postman's 1985 "Amusing Ourselves" book - it is NYC book about NYC Fred Trump Family in year 1985 taking over the world via Truth media Social systems. #PleaseRead #PleaseHelp

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WIST Quotations 6d ago

A quotation from Orwell

I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

I think one must engage in politics -- using the word in a wide sense -- and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and…

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DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic May 8

#orwell #1984 #fascism #trump

Yogthos May 7

Isaac Asimov on 19844

https://redsails.org/asimov-on-1984/

#books #orwell #asimov #history

Isaac Asimov on 1984

I’ve been writing a four-part article for Field Newspaper Syndicate at the beginning of each year for several years now and in 1980, mindful of the approach of the year 1984, FNS asked me to write a thorough critique of George Orwell’s novel 1984. I was…