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Totalitarian regimes manipulate truth for power from "summary" of 1984 by Eric Arthur Blair, Eric Arthur
In a society where the Party holds absolute dominion, truth becomes a malleable entity, twisted to serve the whims of those in power. The Ministry of Truth embodies this relentless distortion. Its purpose is not merely to propagate lies but to obliterate the very concept of objective reality. Historical records are continuously altered, ensuring that the Party is always seen as infallible. If the past can be manipulated, so too can the present, rendering the populace in a state of perpetual confusion. Language itself is weaponized through Newspeak, a constructed tongue designed to limit the range of thought. By stripping away complex vocab...
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