“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.” ~George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell has been on my mind a lot and I am sure on yours as well. I taught “1984” in a Brit Lit class. The kids were always shaken at the authoritarianism and the cruelty of Oceania.
You understand deeply why I mention Orwell at this moment.
As of late, I could scream. I knew these next four years would be difficult, but I didn’t imagine the absolute chaos on day one. And two. And three.
And every damn day. It never stops and we aren’t even two weeks in.
Besides the obvious cruelty, it’s the language of this administration that drives me mad…the lack of civil and academic and professional language. The feeling that we all get a little dimmer every time we listen to a lackey or toady or the President spouting lies and demeaning journalists. Demeaning anyone with any sense who listens to what is coming out of the White House. It’s torture to know that what we see is what we get.
The dumbing down of a country, one presser at a time. One Cabinet pick at a time. One Department at a time.
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” ~George Orwell, 1984
Orwell would likely call the current state of the Department of Education as the Department of Uneducation….
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