Lewis Powell, Aged 20, Part Of The Assassination Plot To Kill President Abraham Lincoln.
Powell's job was to kill the Secretary of State, William H. Seward, which he failed to do. Funny story about Powell's distinctive jawline: He was kicked in the head by a mule as a kid, and it grew back wonky. The story goes as follows: "An animal lover, he was always bringing strays home and caring for the injured ones about the farm, earning him the nickname of "Doc" from his sisters. The nickname stuck. Lewis had a pet mule which he had raised and which followed him around like a dog. One morning, when Lewis was about twelve years old, he was playing outside by the back door and was attempting to do something with the animal when it kicked him. The injury was severe, resulting in a broken left jaw and a lost molar. His mother was understandably upset and wanted his father to sell the mule. The Rev. Powell demurred, saying that to sell the animal would break Lewis's heart. The boy loved his pet, and inasmuch as he had raised and cared for him, Lewis should be allowed to keep him." Powell would later be hanged on July 7th, 1865, together with Mary Surratt, David Herold, and George Atzerodt, at the Washington Arsenal, in Washington, D.C.
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.
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.