Hit & Run: The Vision Thing
How did I misappropriate Orwell? I'm not suggesting Orwell would be for or against the war in Iraq (I have no clue where he would stand). I'm talking about our leaders' strategy here, not the actual war. Our leaders' PR campaign has been an ever-shifting series of possible explanations, and it bears some eerie resemblances to 1984 and Animal Farm. Obviously this isn't a dictatorship like Oceania and Manor Farm were. But the observations on how leaders go about lying to the public apply to all societies, not just totalitarian states.
· Orwell [Published in Reason Comments- circa Sep 19, 2003]