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Author and historian Webster Tarpley exposes the Orwellian lie known as the "War On
Terror" before Orwell's 1984 provides a glimpse into our own age.
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10 George Orwell Quotes that Predicted Life in 2014 America
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Posted on 25th August 2014 by Administrator in Economy |Politics |Social Issues
1984, boot, George Orwell, Police State, truth
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Written by Justin King | The Anti-Media
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http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/08/25/10-george-orwell-quotes-that-predicted-life-in-2014-america/
George Orwell ranks among the most profound social critics of the modern era. Some of
his quotations, more than a half a century old, show the depth of understanding an
enlightened mind can have about the future.
1) “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political
Issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
Though many in the modern age have the will to bury their head in the sand when it
comes to political matters, nobody can only concern themselves with the proverbial
pebble in their shoe. If one is successful in avoiding politics, at some point the effects of
the political decisions they abstained from participating in will reach their front door.
More often than not, by that time the person has already lost whatever whisper of a
voice the government has allowed them.
2) “All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably
from people who are not fighting.”
Examining the nightly news in the run up to almost any military intervention will find
scores of talking heads crying for blood to flow in the streets of some city the name of
which they just learned to pronounce. Once the bullets start flying, those that clamored
for war will still be safely on set bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of the carnage
while their stock in Raytheon climbs.
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/toldyouso.jpg
3) “War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they
are going to profit from it.”
It’s pretty self-explanatory and while it may be hard to swallow, it’s certainly true. All it
takes is a quick look at who benefited from the recent wars waged by the United States
to see Orwell’s quip take life.
4) “The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into
history.”
My most prized books are a collection of history books from around the world. I have an
Iraqi book that recounts the glory of Saddam Hussein’s victory over the United States in
1991. I have books from three different nations claiming that one of their citizens was
the first to fly. As some of the most powerful nations in the world agree to let certain facts be
“forgotten,” the trend will only get worse. History is written by the victor, and the victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Huffington Post journalist detained by military police in Ferguson, Missouri
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/huffingtonpost1.jpg
5) “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Even without commentary, the reader is probably picturing Edward Snowden or Chelsea
Manning. The revolutions of the future will not be fought with bullets and explosives,
but with little bits of data traveling around the world destroying the false narratives with
which governments shackle their citizens.
6) “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is
public relations.”
Make no mistake about it; if an article does not anger someone, it is nothing more than
a public relations piece. Most of what passes for news today is little more than an official
sounding advertisement for a product, service, or belief.
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ryangrim.jpg
ryangrim
7) “In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer…”
In every conflict, it is not the side that can inflict the most damage, but the side that
can sustain the most damage that ultimately prevails. History is full of situations in
which a military “won the battles but lost the war.”
8) “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity
for not even hearing about them.”
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sniperq.jpg
Haditha. Panjwai. Maywand District. Mahmudiyah. These names probably don’t ring a
bell, but it is almost a certainty that the reader is aware of the brutality that occurred in
Benghazi. The main difference is that in the first four incidents, those committing the
acts of brutality were wearing an American flag on their shoulder.
(Answer: D)
9) “Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation,
are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the
rights of the citizen.”
Everyday there is a new form of censorship or a new method of forcing people into self-
censorship, and the people shrug it off because it only relates to a small minority. By
the time the people realize their ability to express disapproval has been completely
restricted, it may be too late. That brings us to Orwell’s most haunting quote.
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bootface
10) “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human
face—forever.”
Once the people are indoctrinated with nationalistic beliefs, and the infrastructure
to protect them from some constantly-changing and ever-expanding definition of an
enemy is in place, there is no ability for the people to regain liberty. By the time all
of the pieces are in place, not only is opportunity to regain freedom lost, but the
will to achieve freedom has also evaporated. The reader will truly love Big Brother.
This article is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article
under a Creative Commons license with attribution
to Justin King and TheAntiMedia.org
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/08/25/10-george-orwell-quotes-that-predicted-life-in-2014-america/
======================================================
Why Do most Americans Feel Politically Powerless?...Because They Are
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The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision gave the wealthy almost unlimited means
to influence elections at the expense of the average voter. But the voices of rich
individuals and corporations had long drowned out the concerns of most Americans,
according to a new study.
In their work “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and
Average Citizens,” Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that ordinary Americans
have almost no influence on policy. “Not only do ordinary citizens not have uniquely
substantial power over policy decisions; they have little or no independent influence on
policy at all,” according to the study, due to be released this fall.
Who does affect policy? As might be guessed, it’s the wealthy and powerful interest
groups. “Economic elites are estimated to have a quite substantial, highly significant,
independent impact on policy.” According to the study, that group is the most influential
in terms of getting what it wants out of elected officials. Organized interest groups are
also influential.
The data leading to these conclusions was gathered from 1,779 policy cases between
1981 to 2002, so anecdotal evidence would lead one to believe the problem is actually
now worse than represented by the study.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes that part of the reason for the decline of
influence of the average voter has come because of changes that have come since
about 1980. Before then, many Americans were represented by unions and were
members of civic and other organizations. Then, “something profoundly changed,” Reich
wrote. “Grass-roots membership organizations shrank because Americans had less time
for them. As wages stagnated, most people had to devote more time to work in order to
makes ends meet. That included the time of wives and mothers who began streaming
into the paid workforce to prop up family incomes.”
As this was going on, union membership began to fall, spurred by President Ronald
Reagan’s firing of striking air traffic controllers. In addition, community businesses
which often had the ear of local politicians began to give way to national chains that had
less concern for the rank-and-file worker than the bottom line.
Another factor, as explained by political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson in
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back
on the Middle Class, is that, beginning in the mid-1970s, large corporations began
organizing into well-funded lobbying groups like the Business Roundtable and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce. These groups, which had leaned Republican, realized that it
would be more effective to influence members of Congress from both parties.
Part of the blame should be shouldered by the electorate, or rather, what there is of it.
Voter turnout historically is highest among the well-off and falls as the income of the
population does. According to statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, 67.1% of
members of families with annual incomes higher than $150,000 a year reported being
registered to vote in 2012. That percentage drops with each income group down to
59.5% for families with incomes between $10,000 and $14,999.
“We have to establish a new countervailing power,” Reich wrote. “The monied interests
are doing what they do best – making money. The rest of us need to do what we can do
best – use our voices, our vigor, and our votes.”
-Steve Straehley, David Wallechinsky
To Learn More:
Who Rules America? (by Allan J. Lichtman, The Hill)
The Disease of American Democracy (by Robert Reich)
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens (by
Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page) (pdf)
Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans (by Benjamin I. Page,
Larry M. Bartels, and Jason Seawright) (pdf)
Super Rich Have Different Government Spending Priorities…and More Influence (by
David Wallechinsky, AllGov)
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/why-do-most-americans-feel-politically-powerless-140825because-they-are?news=854060
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Uploaded on 22 Jan 2011
Author and historian Webster Tarpley exposes the Orwellian lie known as the "War On
Terror" before Orwell's 1984 provides a glimpse into our own age.
======================================================
10 George Orwell Quotes that Predicted Life in 2014 America
4 comments
Posted on 25th August 2014 by Administrator in Economy |Politics |Social Issues
1984, boot, George Orwell, Police State, truth
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/speakit-900x800.jpg
Written by Justin King | The Anti-Media
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/onlinegames.jpg
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/08/25/10-george-orwell-quotes-that-predicted-life-in-2014-america/
George Orwell ranks among the most profound social critics of the modern era. Some of
his quotations, more than a half a century old, show the depth of understanding an
enlightened mind can have about the future.
1) “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political
Issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
Though many in the modern age have the will to bury their head in the sand when it
comes to political matters, nobody can only concern themselves with the proverbial
pebble in their shoe. If one is successful in avoiding politics, at some point the effects of
the political decisions they abstained from participating in will reach their front door.
More often than not, by that time the person has already lost whatever whisper of a
voice the government has allowed them.
2) “All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably
from people who are not fighting.”
Examining the nightly news in the run up to almost any military intervention will find
scores of talking heads crying for blood to flow in the streets of some city the name of
which they just learned to pronounce. Once the bullets start flying, those that clamored
for war will still be safely on set bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of the carnage
while their stock in Raytheon climbs.
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/toldyouso.jpg
3) “War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they
are going to profit from it.”
It’s pretty self-explanatory and while it may be hard to swallow, it’s certainly true. All it
takes is a quick look at who benefited from the recent wars waged by the United States
to see Orwell’s quip take life.
4) “The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into
history.”
My most prized books are a collection of history books from around the world. I have an
Iraqi book that recounts the glory of Saddam Hussein’s victory over the United States in
1991. I have books from three different nations claiming that one of their citizens was
the first to fly. As some of the most powerful nations in the world agree to let certain facts be
“forgotten,” the trend will only get worse. History is written by the victor, and the victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Huffington Post journalist detained by military police in Ferguson, Missouri
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/huffingtonpost1.jpg
5) “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Even without commentary, the reader is probably picturing Edward Snowden or Chelsea
Manning. The revolutions of the future will not be fought with bullets and explosives,
but with little bits of data traveling around the world destroying the false narratives with
which governments shackle their citizens.
6) “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is
public relations.”
Make no mistake about it; if an article does not anger someone, it is nothing more than
a public relations piece. Most of what passes for news today is little more than an official
sounding advertisement for a product, service, or belief.
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ryangrim.jpg
ryangrim
7) “In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer…”
In every conflict, it is not the side that can inflict the most damage, but the side that
can sustain the most damage that ultimately prevails. History is full of situations in
which a military “won the battles but lost the war.”
8) “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity
for not even hearing about them.”
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sniperq.jpg
Haditha. Panjwai. Maywand District. Mahmudiyah. These names probably don’t ring a
bell, but it is almost a certainty that the reader is aware of the brutality that occurred in
Benghazi. The main difference is that in the first four incidents, those committing the
acts of brutality were wearing an American flag on their shoulder.
(Answer: D)
9) “Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation,
are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the
rights of the citizen.”
Everyday there is a new form of censorship or a new method of forcing people into self-
censorship, and the people shrug it off because it only relates to a small minority. By
the time the people realize their ability to express disapproval has been completely
restricted, it may be too late. That brings us to Orwell’s most haunting quote.
http://pontiactribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bootface.jpg
bootface
10) “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human
face—forever.”
Once the people are indoctrinated with nationalistic beliefs, and the infrastructure
to protect them from some constantly-changing and ever-expanding definition of an
enemy is in place, there is no ability for the people to regain liberty. By the time all
of the pieces are in place, not only is opportunity to regain freedom lost, but the
will to achieve freedom has also evaporated. The reader will truly love Big Brother.
This article is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article
under a Creative Commons license with attribution
to Justin King and TheAntiMedia.org
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/08/25/10-george-orwell-quotes-that-predicted-life-in-2014-america/
======================================================
Why Do most Americans Feel Politically Powerless?...Because They Are
http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/350636_US-Congress.jpg
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision gave the wealthy almost unlimited means
to influence elections at the expense of the average voter. But the voices of rich
individuals and corporations had long drowned out the concerns of most Americans,
according to a new study.
In their work “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and
Average Citizens,” Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that ordinary Americans
have almost no influence on policy. “Not only do ordinary citizens not have uniquely
substantial power over policy decisions; they have little or no independent influence on
policy at all,” according to the study, due to be released this fall.
Who does affect policy? As might be guessed, it’s the wealthy and powerful interest
groups. “Economic elites are estimated to have a quite substantial, highly significant,
independent impact on policy.” According to the study, that group is the most influential
in terms of getting what it wants out of elected officials. Organized interest groups are
also influential.
The data leading to these conclusions was gathered from 1,779 policy cases between
1981 to 2002, so anecdotal evidence would lead one to believe the problem is actually
now worse than represented by the study.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes that part of the reason for the decline of
influence of the average voter has come because of changes that have come since
about 1980. Before then, many Americans were represented by unions and were
members of civic and other organizations. Then, “something profoundly changed,” Reich
wrote. “Grass-roots membership organizations shrank because Americans had less time
for them. As wages stagnated, most people had to devote more time to work in order to
makes ends meet. That included the time of wives and mothers who began streaming
into the paid workforce to prop up family incomes.”
As this was going on, union membership began to fall, spurred by President Ronald
Reagan’s firing of striking air traffic controllers. In addition, community businesses
which often had the ear of local politicians began to give way to national chains that had
less concern for the rank-and-file worker than the bottom line.
Another factor, as explained by political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson in
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back
on the Middle Class, is that, beginning in the mid-1970s, large corporations began
organizing into well-funded lobbying groups like the Business Roundtable and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce. These groups, which had leaned Republican, realized that it
would be more effective to influence members of Congress from both parties.
Part of the blame should be shouldered by the electorate, or rather, what there is of it.
Voter turnout historically is highest among the well-off and falls as the income of the
population does. According to statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, 67.1% of
members of families with annual incomes higher than $150,000 a year reported being
registered to vote in 2012. That percentage drops with each income group down to
59.5% for families with incomes between $10,000 and $14,999.
“We have to establish a new countervailing power,” Reich wrote. “The monied interests
are doing what they do best – making money. The rest of us need to do what we can do
best – use our voices, our vigor, and our votes.”
-Steve Straehley, David Wallechinsky
To Learn More:
Who Rules America? (by Allan J. Lichtman, The Hill)
The Disease of American Democracy (by Robert Reich)
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens (by
Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page) (pdf)
Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans (by Benjamin I. Page,
Larry M. Bartels, and Jason Seawright) (pdf)
Super Rich Have Different Government Spending Priorities…and More Influence (by
David Wallechinsky, AllGov)
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/why-do-most-americans-feel-politically-powerless-140825because-they-are?news=854060