Exactly 70 years ago, in 1949, in addition to the establishment of the military-political bloc of NATO, which marked the beginning of the Cold War, the novel “1984” was first published by the great British writer J. Orwell.
If Orwell knew how accurately he described the psychological state of today's American political class, at least its democratic part, he would be very surprised.
As you know, the plot of the utopian novel develops after 35 years in London, the main city of Zone No. 1 (the former Great Britain), a province of the global world state Oceania (USA), where a tough totalitarian society with the Ministry of Truth at the head is built. This is approximately the way they think and behave in the National Committee of the Democratic Party of the United States.
The other day, this analogue of the Politburo of the Democratic Party issued recommendations to its supporters, party members and senators on the fight against disinformation on the Internet with an appeal: “Do not let yourself be manipulated. Remember: there are propaganda media such as RT and Sputnik, learn the techniques of Russian propaganda! ”
Surprisingly, a fact. At the same time, party propagandists recommend rereading Orwell’s 1984. Dr. Freud would have burst into tears of emotion.
As George Orwell himself wrote in his time, “English-speaking nations are no better than others, and totalitarianism, if not fought against, can triumph everywhere.” If modern Democrats could get absolute power in the United States, they, of course, would establish the most totalitarianism, taking as a basis the great anti-utopia.
I would recommend these wonderful people to re-read another work of the British classic - Animal Farm. Perhaps they will definitely recognize many of their members of the same party there.
In general, the ideas of totalitarian democracy, a tough vertical regime in “democratic candy wrappers” quite actively excite the minds of European elites.
Actually, modern European bureaucracy itself is a kind of form of this approach.
Recently, the European Values Center for Security Policy, founded in Prague with the money of the infamous “democracy activist” J. Soros, with the participation of the European Parliament and the US State Department, released a report with the loud title “Countering Russian Information Intervention”. In this report, anonymous writers recommend that all countries of true democracy prevent Russian state-owned media from accrediting important events. “The information channels of the Russian government, whether it’s RT, Sputnik or Russian state television channels, are not journalistic organizations, they just impersonate them,” therefore they cannot be considered journalists and should not be treated as “free media”.
An amazing edition of European values, especially in terms of freedom of speech and the right of everyone to information.
Further - more, the authors of the European report are turning to threats: “This measure will also serve as a clear signal to all journalists that work for the Russian government is a one-way road. “No government official in the West should legitimize such organizations by agreeing to interview them.”
This recommendation report came out in early December, when the anniversary NATO summit took place in London (the location of the action "1984"), which looked more like a funeral party from the side. For example, a Ruptly video agency employee was interrogated and searched there. The signal, so to speak, passed instantly.
Thus, after the big sport, the state-owned Russian media are also trying to turn off the global media agenda. And soon it will be proposed to lift the “national flag and anthem” to lift the ban on the profession for the Russian journalist, like the athlete. Ideally, generally change citizenship. Nobody ever allowed himself such rudeness, even during the Cold War in the second half of the last century.
Indeed, some irreversible reactions are going on in this barnyard in the brain. J. Orwell accurately described these people, he knew them.
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