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Basileus 10 points ago +10 / -0

This is literally out of 1984. Sometimes 2+2=5, and sometimes it is 3.

Winston even says something along the lines of "Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2=4. If that is granted, everything else follows." I.e., the freedom to tell the truth. Well, we see how that is faring in society these days.

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Basileus 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks, I will check it out. I've been meaning to read more of his essays.

Another excellent dystopian novel, not as well known as 1984, is Koestler's Darkness at Noon.

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Fabius 3 points ago +3 / -0

YES.

Excellent essay that I always suggest to people.

https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit

It's a good read.