"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake.

[NMMNG]

"We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just round the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?"




The above is an exerpt from George Orwell's 1984. However it is chillingly apropos to our current Administration. :scared:

[KainNero]

1. isn't it funny

that a lot of books written in the 80's about evil governments seems to draw many parallels now?

[ewoden]

2. Perhaps even funnier that you say that 1984 was written in the 80's

[KainNero]

5. LOL

Actually I meant books like "Handmaid's tale" and the like which were written in the 80's.

I have not read 1984 but I do know it was not written during that time frame XD

Oh also books by people who criticize the Reagan govt too. Lots of books I need to catch up on.

[EST]

4. Pssst!

When the book "1984" was written the 80s were still the far, distant future.

On edit: Welcome to DU. We were wondering when you would show up!:toast: :toast: :hi:

[newyawker99]

6. Hi KainNero!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[stillcool]

3. 2+2=5 n/t