#1984

Peter Gabriel Benevides

peter_benevides

Here is a PSA, we are not living in an autocratic regime! For those who believe the current public health measures are similar to the dystopian 1984, I have a

Historic.ly

historic_ly

I'm going to address the awful myths perpetuated US "education" system on Communism and fascism right here.https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1249086113127583745 Myth: People starved under communism. Actually, life expectancy doubled

Bill Scher

billscher

Farrakhan's anti-Semitism is often hedged just enough so you can cherrypick phrases to defend him (generally along the lines of: he didn't say *all* Jews!)But the infamous "Hitler was a

Margarita

margaritaevna95

Huxley’s Brave New World is more reflective of the ills of our society today than Orwell’s 1984 (thread) Brave New World features a society where everyone can, and is encourage

Stace Oddity 🏳️‍🌈 ⚾️

StaceGots

Welcome to the Top 40 countdown from this week in 1984! Making its debut this week at #40, is Talk Talk with It's My Life. It peaked at #31 on

Nas

nasescobar316

Biden Says "Someone (Black) Doing Crack Was Fundamentally Different Than Someone (White) Sniffing Cocaine In A Neighborhood As Beautiful As This". Biden Is Trying To Explain Why He Created Laws

doctor peanut

NINETIREDBUGS

classic reminder that when boston cops & firefighters were facing budget cuts in the 80s they started fires (so many fires that boston became the arson capital of the country)

COOL G

coolgtalks

Goated albums w/ Babies on the Cover (a thread) : Ready To Die - Notorius B.I.G (1994)Fav Track - Big Poppa Rating - 10/10 Nothing Was The Same - Drake

Anton John Crace

AntonCrace

Reflecting on Orwell's 1984, it is strange most of the focus of it in current contexts is doublespeak and surveillance.I personally think that misses the ultimate point of the text#COVIDー19.

Dr Christopher Pittard

CAPittard

Since it’s Philip Glass weekend at @MetOpera, tonight’s kitchen listening is one of my very favourites. The story behind Robert Wilson’s *the CIVIL warS* project is why I’ve never really

ً

slasherbaddies

"Swimming Pool Terror" suspiria (1977) the prowler (1981)gremlins (1984)the faculty (1998) mortuary (1983) happy birthday to me (1981) a nightmare on elm street 5: the dream child (1989) the strangers:

Ben Norton

BenjaminNorton

In addition to being a gov snitch, fraud George Orwell spent WWII demonizing the USSR as it defeated NazismAs the Red Army sacrificed millions fighting Hitler, and as the Nazi

Aida A Hozić

hozic

When I was in graduate school, my advisors told me a cautionary tale about a historian, David Abraham, who wrote - in their view - a brilliant book about the

Jeff Wasserstrom

jwassers

A what is and isn't censored in the PRC thread linked to news that @PikettyLeMonde's earlier book was welcomed on the mainland, but the sequel is not, due a specific

linc

lincnotfound

many of you know ernest p. worrell as the goofy denim wearing psychopath who starred in a tv show and A LOT of direct-to-videos but what most people dont know

j5

jaassskb

JUNE: Growing up I didn’t really know much about Sikhi or the Sikh history. I remember sitting in the Langar hall at Gurdwara Sahib as a kid and asking my