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January 29, 2006
dusting off Orwell
it's been a long time since i've read 1984 + animal farm though a few key points came back to me when reading many of these articles. Power is the key to Control. Do whatever it takes to gain Power, and keep it by exuding Control by any means necessary.
The following paragraph, (from: http://www.shire.net/big.brother/), sums up my thoughts as well:
"Walter Cronkite, in his Preface to the paperback edition of 1984 published by The New American Library, said Orwell wrote his novel as an essay on "power, how it is acquired and maintained, how those who seek it or seek to keep it tend to sacrifice anything and everything in its name." (p. 2) That statement gives us the key: the real purpose of control is power; power over others. Knowing that political leaders seek control over us should not surprise us, for government is an evolutionary thing and usually evolves towards more control."
Also both of Orwell's novels can be found here:
1984: http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
Animal Farm: http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/animalfarm/
Posted by msantram at January 29, 2006 07:41 PM