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Old 06-02-2017, 08:04 AM
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In many respects, we are in '1984.' Perpetual war, and a government that tries to control everything by controlling reality, that is, by lying.
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In many respects, we are in '1984.' Perpetual war, and a government that tries to control everything by controlling reality, that is, by lying.
Trump groupies like whell and Dondillon will not get it.
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Old 06-02-2017, 12:53 PM
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And China is just across Russia's border. It's going to be the three-way game as in '1984.'
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Trump groupies like whell and Dondillon will not get it.
Nah, I suspect it's you guys that don't get it.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...uring-alliance

If Jinping or Putin read 1984, they probably thought Big Brother was the protagonist. In any event, China and Russia have goals that Orwell didn't forsee.
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