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No wonder there’s government corruption if this is how they run the damn thing

At 22 Edward Snowden was in the process to become an American Hero. I’m getting high reading about him before I go to a college class I pay thousands for to learn about vampires and also jerk off.

Realest shit I’ve heard in years Ed, tell me about it. Glad it worked out 4 u🫡🫡🫡🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Wow what a disgusting system this military. Break a guy down to the point of real physical wear, and then making him leave with no compensation? And with the healthcare system in this country that’s just fucking ridiculous. Can’t get a job cause he’s injured BECAUSE of his first career choice. And now he’s gonna be heavy in debt. Disgusting

Could Al Gore have fostered that change if Bush didn’t steal the election from him? No probably not, if he was running under Clinton who did all that prison reform he was NOT the one. With a future sight, this outcome seemed inevitable.

Like it was going bad but this country took a deep nose dive after 9/11. I like the piece on 81, “It could have used this rare moment of solidarity to reinforce democratic values and cultivate resilience in the now-connected global public.” As the internet grew, this is what the world has become. However instead of embracing this we got influenced by a culture of fear, “us vs them” which is not used evrywhre

So true about the divorce thing

“Softcore-ish Goth-y porn” on the early Internet sounds legendary. Dial up my Internet for 15 minutes and just push through websites to find it. We really take for granted how quickly we can access anything now. “Softcore-ish Goth-y Porn” is now at our fingertips!!!

Cool dad.

Gonna be good

I’m finding it hard to imagine how large this guy as a bug is

Wow. Amazing. They still got him in the end. How pessimistic. How great. Wow

256 great page. A society founded on hate. The Party admits they don’t have a care for the people and only believe in themselves. Great stuff my favorite chapter yet. All Hail Peter Thiel

Was O’Brian a bad guy? Can’t tell yet. Can’t believe he got captured. That was insane

Forgot to update yesterday was speaking to my sister

“The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by the dead upon the living.” Big fan of this. I have a lot of thoughts on this that the word count will not allow me to say so I’ll just look back to this in my review.
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A book inside of a book. Very dense. Full of good stuff though. Interesting where the party holds its roots. Interesting take on the television that can we expanded on even know to things like TikTok. Streamlined propaganda/information that helps survey those worth surveying. All Hail Peter Thiel.

P2 Chpt7: Probably my favorite chapter yet. The dream about his mother is profound in a way that makes Winston question what makes humanity. “If you can feel that staying human is worthwhile, even when it has any result whatever, you’ve beaten them”. All Hail Peter Thiel

I was rocking with Julia originally. She was cool but now she just seems like one of those super annoying centrists that doesn’t care about shit. “You’re only a rebel from the waist downwards” Good rip Winston. Julia would for sure support Israel. I do like this character dynamic when Winston questions everything and sees the clear problem. All Hail Peter Thiel.

Didn’t know this book was spicy✨. Besides that though if this Julia can tell he’s not like the party how have they not gotten to him yet? Doesn’t make quite the sense to me maybe they’ll get to it. All Hail Peter Thiel.

Start of “Two” I assume that first bit was a lot of world building, that was very good at that. You get a good look of how the Government works and there is always a looming threat of reveal to Winston’s state. Everything is eerie and secret. Very well written piece. I think it’s pretty symbolic having the old man in the bar talk about only the personal bits of the past. All Hail Peter Thiel.

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious”
“I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY.”
“The Party told you to reject evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
Great stuff this chapter. Loved the coverup story and newspaper at work but. All Hail Peter Thiel.

Nothing to this extreme but irl we have been swinging against sexuality especially of women over the past few years. Loving this book so far. Great stuff. Interesting Parallels you can draw out from it. Still vastly different from what we have today but the foundations are there. There hasn’t been an off beat yet. All Hail Peter Thiel

Mmmh fudging statistics to make The Party seem greater when I reality a lot of the country is in disarray not seeing those benefits. Huh. Interesting. Almost like we’re waiting on some of our own statistics right now. Hey Crime is down tho! All Hail Peter Thiel.

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Our sitting president is defunding universities, and rewriting history at prominent historical museums. This quote is true of really any power though and we’ve seen it throughout history. I can’t quite articulate what I’d like to say but it’ll wrap around as I keep reading. All Hail Peter Thiel.

Love the way Orwell describes the loss of his mother. He remembers that she did love him and possibly sacrificed her love for him to let him survive. In a world that seemingly lacks more and more empathy each day it is easier to see how the populous could be swayed into becoming soulless automatons serving a all powerful and knowing government. All Hail Peter Thiel.

The 2 Minute Hate makes me think about Twitter. A place/time in which you direct anger about political ongoings aimlessly until aimed at other people that you barely even know, all so that it is not directed at “Big Brother” or like you know the US government. Big Brother is just going to Be Palantir at the rate we’re going anyway. All Hail Peter Thiel.

Wow it’s so amazing to see him, get better, do great work and then just fall back into the cycle again cause he gets to cocky. It’s insane how the mind can just do this. Living like this must have been agony cause the delusions are so close to your real life.

Wow this is great stuff. Insulin shock therapy sounds gross and discussing but oddly helpful. Like it probably does some terrible other bad shit to memory like it’s doing physically but weird.