Orwell Explains How Socialists Alter Language to Alter History

Orwell Explains How Socialists Alter Language to Alter History
People walk past a mural depicting British novelist George Orwell with the quote "Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear," in Belgrade, on May 8, 2018. Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images
Joshua Philipp
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George Orwell wrote that through alterating the past, and by portraying any remembered history as evil, socialist regimes could render classic texts such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence incomprehensible in their original context. People then would be incapable of understanding the original intentions behind them.

Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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