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Liz G's avatar

Thabk you so much, Dr Nass for all you do and have done to wake the sleeping masses. I'm scared for our fate if more people don't come into the light. We outnumber "them" by what?, 1000 to 1? We all just have to stop showing up for work, shopping etc and let them know who's really in charge! US! God bless you and you're in my prayers always 🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿❤️

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Cynthia Ford's avatar

"In 1948, when George Orwell began his novel of the future, 1984, he was writing from his experience as a writer of propaganda for the British during World War II. His novel was not so much a science fiction fantasy of a world to come as a direct projection of what he saw happening in the Britain of 1948--hence, the reversal of the date in the title. Most perceptively, he realized that to control a population you first have to control the language"

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"Traditional English allows for nuance and shades of meaning, but Newspeak will make "thoughtcrime" an impossibility , for there will be no words in which to express a subversive thought. And when each word is rigorously defined and shorn of its shades of meaning, the range of human consciousness will become smaller and smaller. Thus, for example, the word FREE is restricted to such meanings as "a field is FREE from weeds" or "a dog is FREE from fleas." There are no longer words in which to express such concepts as political or academic freedom or the ability to think in a free way. As Syme (character in 1984) puts it, "The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect." " from The Blackwinged Night: Creativity in Nature and Mind by F. David Peat

So, [insert four letter Anglo-Saxon word here] the infodemic. Each time they try to replace words, or redefine them, we refuse and reintroduce our own. Cede not a syllable to them!

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