In his book Politics and the English Language, George Orwell wrote, “it is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy…. Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way.”
Seventy years later, Orwell’s insight on the use and abuse of the English language still rings true. Take for example, the Clinton/Obama attack on Hungary for being “undemocratic.”
In May, Bill Clinton said that Hungary and Poland “decided this democracy is too much trouble” and that they “want Putin-like leadership: ‘just give me an authoritarian dictatorship and keep the foreigners out.’” He was attacking — and slandering – Hungary for blocking the entry of a few hundred thousand Muslim migrants, many of them from Syria.
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3 comments:
The Clinton-Obama version of democracy is a perversion.
Sounds like Hungary has a green light from Bubba to ship them to Chappaqua! Lots of space on the estate for a tent city.
If I had Orwell's vision I too would use a pseudonym.Think for a moment why that was necessary.Because that degree of foresight has always been perceived as a threat to an oppressive society.
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