Are we still allowed to discuss what Orwell tried to teach us?
The above video, courtesy of TED–Ed’s Noah Tavlin, provides an excellent primer on the difference between simply “authoritarian” and actually “Orwellian.” If we can apply this lesson to our present political situation (even in the current environment, which strongly discourages critical thinking and dissent), I would say that the last two presidents have been authoritarian, in practice. But the worst Orwellian… Read More »Are we still allowed to discuss what Orwell tried to teach us?