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usonian

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3. They live in their own virtual world. If reality bothers them, they just plan to erase it.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:44 AM

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The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
Emmanuel Goldstein
https://genius.com/Emmanuel-goldstein-the-theory-and-practice-of-oligarchical-collectivism-annotated

The purpose of the demonstrations is to prevent such.

Cult thinking (promulgated by cult leaders) ignores outside reality (it's really dangerous to them) and like outside people, demonizes and denies.

I checked. Only chapters 1 and 3 exist in "1984"

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