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1. krona+AU[view] [source] 2023-02-19 00:53:21
>>GavCo+(OP)
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. - George Orwell
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2. teolan+Kh1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 04:17:14
>>krona+AU
HN loves bringing up Orwell in contexts that are not comparable. This is bad, but not in an Orwellian way.
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3. joseph+Zj1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 04:37:43
>>teolan+Kh1
How is rewriting old texts to make them align with modern politics not Orwellian?
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4. teolan+zD2[view] [source] 2023-02-19 17:13:02
>>joseph+Zj1
This is not the government rewriting old texts and destroying the originals to promote the image of always having the same ethics. This is an estate trying to sell the books they have the rights for.
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