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November 14, 2013
'How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?'
Winston thought. 'By making him suffer,' he said. 'Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? George Orwell - 1984 - Part 3, Chapter 3Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 14, 2013 7:56 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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And the Soviet Union still collapsed.
Reality is an inflexible goddess - a tomb-cold bitch - and her daughter is Nemesis. And Nemesis weds to both the low and the Great, and Nemesis cannot ever die.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at November 14, 2013 6:47 PM