TopPoster
December 25th 07, 05:12 PM
solidarity of
the family, and it calls its leader by a name which is a direct appeal to
the sentiment of family loyalty. Even the names of the four Ministries by
which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate
reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the
Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the
Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not
accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate
exercises in doublethink. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that
power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle
be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted -- if the High, as
we have called them, are to keep their places permanently -- then the
prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity.
But there is one question which until this moment we have almost
ignored. It is; why should human equality be averted? Supposi
the family, and it calls its leader by a name which is a direct appeal to
the sentiment of family loyalty. Even the names of the four Ministries by
which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate
reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the
Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the
Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not
accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate
exercises in doublethink. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that
power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle
be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted -- if the High, as
we have called them, are to keep their places permanently -- then the
prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity.
But there is one question which until this moment we have almost
ignored. It is; why should human equality be averted? Supposi