Great Speech from 1984 'Nineteen Eighty Four' by Michael Radford

Winston 'John Hurt' party member working in the ministry of the truth explore deeper the blur between propaganda and the reality
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[greenrate]

0:59 "They can't get inside you . . . they can't get to your heart."

Well . . . this is a profoundly dangerous over-simplification -- sorry, to say.

As such, it's just another kind of conditioning to make us think everything is okay . . . when it's not.

They CAN get inside you . . . and they CAN get to your heart.

And the trick to doing that: make it seem that what you think and feel . . . is your own choice (!)

That's the whole point of the damn movie, for heaven's sake . . .

[KiKO4eVa]

@greenrate Good point, sometimes we are pushed to make a choice that we dont want. but maybe "they cant get to your heart" refer to the willing that someday be available.

[Galakrond]

The most frightening thing is the fact that O'Brien's reasoning, is, somewhat correct! Say, there's Mr. X in my office. If I genuinely believed I was flying, and he also genuinely believed I was flying as well, I technically would be flying. Reality is only what we perceive it as. Orwell understood that quite clearly. If everyone truly believed that 2 + 2 = 5, it would be 5, no matter anything you put forth.

[WoopyGoldbergsHair]

@Galakrond But, I suppose this is generally applicable to most people, especially in today's society, such a resemblance of today's society found within "1984's" society. Humanity at large has been stripped of one of its most essential fundamental survival traits, common sense, where it is now possible to convince people that 2+2=5 and standing is flying despite what is visible and obvious. As long as it comes from someone who is a trusted source of information.

[WoopyGoldbergsHair]

@Galakrond Common math is a bad example, as math in general is used to define reality. For instance, math was used to predict new planets. We could not see them, yet the math told us they were there. If two people in a room think 2+2=5 or that they both are flying, it does not make it reality as reality is indefinite. Perception and reality are incompatible terms because one is definite and one is objective, we use math for instance to leave false perceptions and find reality.

[test123ok]

There are four lights !

[Avatar230594]

The biggest one for me is "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two makes four, once this is achieved, all else follows."

[MrJohanasBilderberg]

It is not enough to obey Big Brother, you must love him.

[TheEleventhIndian]

@greenrate You are a Thought Criminal

[brianjmal]

@Galakrond What? NOOOOOOOOOO.

[swirlcrop]

Yes, this book makes it quite clear how dangerous and possible mind control can be. Great book people.

[TimSurrey]

@greenrate Indeed - take this clip out of context and it means the opposite of what the film actually says. The point of 1984 is exactly that - they do get inside your heart and destroy your feelings.