Following Donald Trump's election, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four surged in popularity, prompting discussions about its relevance to modern America. While Trump's USA is not directly akin to Orwell's dystopian Airstrip One, the rise of the 'post-truth' era reflects Orwell's warnings about absolute truth control. Many critique the current political climate's bureaucratic, surveillant, and propagandistic nature, but the core concern remains the psychological manipulation by leaders over the truth itself, raising alarms about broader implications in today's society.
the rulers' claim to absolute control over the truth, a form of psychological manipulation hardly limited to regimes we regard as evil.
it can hardly be a coincidence that this period of history has also seen the concept 'post-truth' become a fixture in the zeitgeist.
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