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George Orwell knew a bit about "truth" (Original Post)
Scuba
Jan 2014
OP
DURec for Orwell.
He has turned out to be more of a Prophet that a writer of fiction.

Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)2. And a bit about deception too..
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
Put the quotes together and the further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate revolutionaries.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)3. Ducts.

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness
and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)4. We see this playing out every day everywhere we look.
K&R
