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A quotation from George Orwell
Artists don’t so much object to aesthetic discipline. Architects will design theatres or churches equally readily, writers will switch from the three-volume novel to the one-volume, or from the play to the film, according to the demand. But the point is that this is a political age. A writer inevitably writes — and less directly this applies to all the arts — about contemporary events, and his impulse is to tell what he believes to be the truth. But no government, no big organization, will pay for the truth. To take a crude example: can you imagine the British Government commissioning E. M. Forster to write A Passage to India? He could only write it because he was not dependent on State aid.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1944-10-13), “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/42525/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #censorship #government #patronage #sponsorship #truth #writing #publicart #funding #politics
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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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L'IDÉE SELON LAQUELLE L'ART NE DEVRAIT RIEN AVOIR AFFAIRE AVEC LA POLITIQUE CONSTITUE ELLE-MÊME UNE OPINION POLITIQUE.
(George Orwell 1903 - 1950)
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L'IDÉE SELON LAQUELLE L'ART NE DEVRAIT RIEN AVOIR AFFAIRE AVEC LA POLITIQUE CONSTITUE ELLE-MÊME UNE OPINION POLITIQUE.
(George Orwell 1903 - 1950)
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There’s a Hit Horror Movie Lurking Inside George Orwell’s ‘1984’ — If Anyone Dares to Adapt It
#IndieWire #Commentary #Features #1984 #Adaptation #AnimalFarm #Film #GeorgeOrwellhttps://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/1984-george-orwell-modern-film-adaptation-1235191733/
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Watch this modern trailer.
INGSOC are the totalitarians in '1984' that believe they must use whatever power they can to retain control over the people.
Now imagine if Christopher Nolan did a remake of this movie.
▶️ 1984 (Modern Trailer)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SXq3yMhobEU&si=XF37RXz0Z3AHEarl
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MAGA Influencers Misunderstand the Message of Animal Farm Adaptation
📰 Original title: MAGA Is Confused About ‘Animal Farm’
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
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The primary aim of propaganda is, of course, to influence contemporary opinion, but those who rewrite history do probably believe with part of their minds that they are actually thrusting facts into the past. When one considers the elaborate forgeries that have been committed in order to show that Trotsky did not play a valuable part in the Russian civil war, it is difficult to feel that the people responsible are merely lying. More probably they feel that their own version was what happened in the sight of God, and that one is justified in rearranging the records accordingly.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46375/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #divinetruth #history #mythmaking #past #propaganda #reality #revisionism #truebeliever #truth
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Leter etter bøker i samme sjanger som 1984 av Orwell. Dystopier eller politiske romaner med tyngde og relevans.
Har du en anbefaling?
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Andy Serkis Woefully Misunderstands Orwell
That’s one small setback for the legendary George Orwell. One giant leap for actor/director Andy Serkis’ baffling use…
#NewsBeep #News #Movies #AndySerkis #AnimalFarm #CA #Canada #Entertainment #Film #GeorgeOrwell #reviews
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‘Animal Farm’ Review: His Serkis, His Monkeys
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #AndySerkis #AnimalFarm #Film #GeorgeOrwell #Reviewshttps://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/animal-farm-review-andy-serkis-1235190927/
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ANIMAL FARM The Soundtrack animalfarm2.bandcamp.com @[email protected] Art : @[email protected] #musical #GeorgeOrwell #music #bandcamp #AnimalFarm
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In nationalist thought there are facts which are both true and untrue, known and unknown. A known fact may be so unbearable that it is habitually pushed aside and not allowed to enter into logical processes, or on the other hand it may enter into every calculation and yet never be admitted as a fact, even in one’s own mind.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46211/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #acceptance #alternatefacts #cognitivedissonance #delusion #facingfacts #factcheck #facts #nationalism #reality #selectivememory #truth
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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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Another book haul from the charity shop. Three books acquired: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell; Moonraker by Ian Fleming; and something of a chance read - The Enchanted Night by Miklós Bánffy (no idea what this will be like, but thought I’d try it out). #bookhaul #charityshop #georgeorwell #nineteeneightyfour #ianfleming #moonraker #miklosbanffy #theenchantednight #bookstodon #books
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History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #atrocity #cause #condemnation #endsandmeans #history #justification #nationalism #ourside #partisanship #politics #takingsides #tribalism #truthiness #usvsthem #warcrime
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https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/655/
It bears repeating.
#Society is made up of people, for people.#puppy #dictators #shunThem #tuesdayThought #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #1984 #georgeOrwell #NineteenEightyFour #warnings #authors #knowthesigns #tuesday #vibecheck
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Just finished Animal Farm for the first time. Written in 1945. Feels like it was written yesterday. That's the problem. Everyone should read this. Especially right now.
#animalfarm #GeorgeOrwell #Bookstagram #mustread #Bookreview
https://wrightspoetry.com/2026/04/14/animal-farm-book-review/
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https://nkvsspsundaycomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/423/
Shun the wanna-be dictator weirdos.
#puppy #sundaycomics #mondaymorning #mondayThought #weirdos #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #dictators #removethem #1984 #GeorgeOrwell #notpsychic #warnings #authors #prescient #monday #vibecheck
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Winding Up the Week #466
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/11/winding-up-the-week-466/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, mark a host of literary anniversaries (including Drop Everything and Read Day and George Orwell’s annual Hate Week), revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. #AmReading #Bookstodon #DEARDay #HateWeek #GeorgeOrwell #1961Club @kaggsy59 -
It is important not to confuse nationalism with mere worship of success. The nationalist does not go on the principle of simply ganging up with the strongest side. On the contrary, having picked his side, he persuades himself that it is the strongest, and is able to stick to his belief even when the facts are overwhelmingly against him. Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most flagrant dishonesty, but he is also — since he is conscious of serving something bigger than himself — unshakably certain of being in the right.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/45922/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #ingroup #nationalism #nationalist #powerhungry #powerseeking #righteousness #selfdeceit #selfdeception #selfrighteousness #strength #takesides #takingsides #tribalism #usvsthem
