Christmas Truce Of 1914 During The First World War
German and British soldiers laid down their arms, and climbed out in to no man's land for an unofficial ceasefire during Christmas. Supposedly over 100,000 soldiers participated, gifts were exchanged, British soldiers cut the hair of German soldiers, officers swapped buttons and coats, privates exchanged candy - and the next day, the fighting resumed, and the carnage continued. it's worth noting that not all parts of the front celebrated this truce, some parts of the frontline only had small agreements of a minor ceasefire to recover bodies, while others sang songs from within their trenches.
George Orwell was an unvarnished critic of any and all forms of totalitarianism, despite what your Marxist high school teachers shoveled into your young brain.
Even as a child in the '50s when I first read Nineteen Eighty Four, it was apparent to me that his primary target was English Socialism. Read it again, and this time remover your Foucault Filter.
it's target was communism. There's a big difference. In many European countries exist labour parties which are exactly this: democratic socialist parties.
What do you think "Ingsoc" means? What is "Newspeak" if not "Political Correctness?" Soft totalitarianism is nonetheless totalitarianism.
A "socialist party" could never be a "democratic" party.
Well maybe should you look up the term "democratic socialism" and you will see that you are wrong. But I guess facts are not your thing.
Don
I didn't know that "pls don't use discriminating words" equals totalitarianism. Pls tell the people in North Korea or even Russia how oppressed you are.
Political Correctness has nothing to do with "pls don't use discriminating words." Political Correctness is about forcing others to follow your rules, ergo Totalitarianism.
Simple, really. Tyranny with manners is nonetheless tyranny.
#25 testing the vest while pointing at his head.