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George Orwell | To keep them in control was not difficult

“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern…Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” George Orwell, 1984 “Solange sie (die Proleten)…

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George Orwell | These people don’t see that

“These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you.” George Orwell “Die Menschen erkennen nicht, dass bei Befürwortung totalitärer Methoden die Zeit kommen kann, in denen sie gegen statt für einen eingesetzt werden.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing

“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to state this or that or the other, but it is “not done”… Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the highbrow periodicals.” George Orwell “Zu jedem Zeitpunkt gibt es eine Orthodoxie, eine Reihe von Ideen, von denen man…

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George Orwell | horrible features of war

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” George Orwell | Homage to Catalonia, 1938 “Eines der schrecklichsten Merkmale des Krieges ist, dass die gesamte Kriegspropaganda, all das Geschrei, die Lügen und der Hass, ausnahmslos von Leuten kommt, die nicht kämpfen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Georg Orwell | What counts is that we don’t betray each other

“It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.” Georg Orwell “Es geht nicht so sehr darum, am Leben zu bleiben, es ist wichtig, menschlich zu bleiben. Was zählt, ist, dass wir einander nicht verraten.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | Until they become conscious

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” George Orwell “Bis sie sich bewusst geworden sind, werden sie niemals rebellieren, und bis sie rebelliert haben, können sie sich nicht bewusst werden.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | Real power is achieved

“Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges.” George Orwell “Wahre Macht wird erreicht, wenn die herrschende Klasse die materiellen Lebensgrundlagen kontrolliert und sie den Massen gewährt und vorenthält als wären sie Privilegien.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | abolition of private property

“After the revolutionary period of the fifties and sixties, society regrouped itself, as always, into High, Middle, and Low. But the new High group, unlike all its forerunners, did not act upon instinct but knew what was needed to safeguard its position. It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when they are possessed jointly. The so-called ’abolition of private property’ which took place in the middle years of the century meant, in effect, the concentration of…