Which leaves us with what is likely the most important slogan of Orwellian Liberalism, “Ignorance is Strength,” which means in this context that ignorant citizens constitute the foundation of the liberal establishment. In fact, Orwellian liberalism assumes that citizens’ own decisions to live their lives pretty much as they please constitutes slavery to someone or another in a so-called “free country.” Thus, freedom to choose one’s own healthcare plan or no healthcare plan at all is slavery to the insurance companies Americans “addicted” to oil to drive gas guzzlers is slavery to Exxon and its partners freedom to eat French fries is slavery to McDonald’s clever advertising campaigns and freedom to make your own investment decisions is slavery to Wall Street. “Freedom is Slavery” offers a host of villains in civil society to whom the American public is “enslaved” under the guise of being free, and could be seen as similar to what Orwell had in mind. Republicans and Tea Party members - you, like Emmanuel Goldstein of 1984 - are being blamed and are being used a distraction. High unemployment, failed foreign policies, high energy prices, horrible housing markets, disastrous federal deficits - they’re all the fault of liberalism’s enemies. As applied to today, Orwellian liberalism’s increasingly vicious attacks against the Tea Party and Republicans perform the same function, which is to preserve the current liberal power structure by blaming others for its failures. The parallels go beyond hurling epithets at that massive Leon Trotsky look-alike in one of the most memorable scenes in “1984.” Consider the three slogans of The Party applied to today’s Orwellian liberalism: “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” and “Ignorance is Strength.” As explained in The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, “the book” within the book, the purpose of war was to preserve the domestic power structure. The purpose was to deflect rage against miserable social conditions by directing it to a foreign source siphon off the hatred by venting against Big Brother’s enemies. This is pretty harsh stuff applied to a menagerie of mostly gentle souls whose views of constitutional government differ from those of President Obama & Company, but such perfervid comments take on a clearer meaning when viewed in a more appropriate context: George Orwell’s “1984.” That is, somehow certain voices of liberalism today sound less like traditional partisan pep-talks and resemble more Oceania’s “Two-Minute Hate” sessions, where party members screamed at a giant tele-screen filled with the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, one of Big Brother’s objective enemies.
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ snippet about telling the Tea Party to “Go to H*ll!” (that pesky asterisk again) added a nice sentimental touch, and some Wall Street protesters are denouncing free enterprise with words snatched from Robespierre’s rich vocabulary. “You are the only ones who can stop the barbarians at the gate!” And the diatribes have continued, with the establishment of a website designed to track unfair comments made by those who, in President Obama’s words, want to “cripple” America.
“This is a fight for the existence of organized labor,” the veep shouted.
The ink was barely dry on the asterisk in Jimmy Hoffa Jr.’s rant about taking out those “sons-of-b*tches” - referring to Tea Party members - when the vice president made his own contribution at a Labor Day rally.
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