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What is orwellian?A nickname for the United States Air Force. Lieutenant: My commander just seized my phone - apparently he saw that I was born in Colorado and considered that probably cause to investigate me for dealing drugs. orwellian - meme giforwellian - videoOrwellian - what is it?Someone who erases the past to fit their vision of the present. From the George Orwell novel '1984'. Why dwell on your sad childhood memories? Just have a orwellian historian take your unhappy pictures and home movies and have them destroyed. Then you block them out of your mind for good. What does "orwellian" mean?A totalitarian head of state such as in Orwellβs classics, βAnimal Farmβ and β1984.β I know that my devoted base will ultimately accept that some men such as me, their Orwellian President, are just more equal than others. Orwellian - what does it mean?The Orwellian Right is an ideologically coordinated and well funded group of think tanks, media personalities, as well as print and internet media, which seek to mislead the public by reframing issues in a manner described in George Orwellβs classic book β1984β. In that world Black = White and War = Peace. After the Reagan tax cuts of 1981, revenues (in constant dollars) did not reach 1981 levels again until 1985. Because irresponsible borrowing to give tax cuts mainly for the wealthy canβt be sold on face value to the Public, the Orwellian Right conveniently ignored the drop in real revenues and redefined the rebound in revenues as βproofβ of a Revenue Boom created by the 1981 tax cuts. In reality revenues rose because of natural growth in the economy, inflation, increased defense spending, and two massive Reagan-era take hikes. In the Orwellian world, hundreds of billions in revenue lost over 4 years = a revenue boom. Orwellian - meaningOrwellian irony is irony that is explicitly political in nature. That a propaganda outlet, TeleSUR, which is managed by a state that has exploited a crisis to silence free press outlets like El Nacional, decided to use a private media outlet, Jacobin, to obfuscate the truth surrounding their brief unpublishing on Facebook and to call for increased government regulation is one of the most perfect examples of Orwellian irony ever. Orwellian - definitionOften confused with totalitarian, Orwellian describes deceptive and manipulative use of the English language. An asshole political leader describing something as Orwellian, when what they mean is totalitarian, is in itself Orwellian. Orwellian - slangA bureaucracy that has become stupid and turns on its citizens to protect its stupidity. That is Orwellian. OrwellianGeorge Orwell, early writer of science fiction. "The minister's intent, while not exactly Machiavellian, is at least Orwellian. Orwellian1: A situation that resembles the themes of George Orwell's book 1984, which include but are not limited to: authoritarianism, oppression, poverty, and brainwashing. 1: OrwellianThis is Great Britain summed up in a single word, currently competing with the likes of North Korea. In Britain there are increasingly pathetic authoritarian laws being introduced to rid the country of expressive freedom. Edward from the UK: I was getting verbally abused and threatened online today. I hit them with a torrent of offensive words in return, and like a week later, the police turned up at my house and arrested me for hurting somebody's feelings with word bullets! |
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