As O’Brien passed the telescreen a thought seemed to strike him. He stopped, turned aside and pressed a switch on the wall. There was a sharp snap. The voice had stopped. Julia uttered a tiny sound, a sort of squeak of surprise. Even in the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback …
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1984 Versus 2001
Needed something to explain the odd juxtaposition of possible futures and actual outcomes. Came up with this. Because in 1984, we were worried about George Orwell’s warnings of the impending arrival of Big Brother and endless war (“Ingsoc is at war with Oceania. Ingsoc has always been at war with Oceania.”), yet our space program …
Pure Power
O’Brien: “Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of …