• emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      functionally it feels a lot like the Two-Minutes Hate from JorJor Wells’ 9084, ritual affirmation of in-group loyalty by demonizing the enemy

      EDIT: also can’t help but be reminded of False Witnesses

      • Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        7 months ago

        despite being a cop and a snitch (or maybe because of it) orwell did have a good understanding of how to structure a modern fascist society into a sort of self-perpetuating stasis

        most likely though his book is just so widely read by liberals it just became a textbook on how to manipulate social classes and it just so happens some of the techniques do work