What is Doublethink?

 

Have you ever read George Orwell's novel 1984? People tend to think that complete surveillance is the means the party uses to uphold it's power. But they have another tool I believe to be much more powerful: Doublethink. It's the ability to accept two contradicting facts as part of one reality. Example: A party-member plans an attack on a facility which is to be blamed on an imaginary enemy. Because of Doublethink he can accept the fact that he planned the attack without dou…  More

Here we go, I start blogging TODAY! My first blog is going to cover something the German internet based community has been experiencing over the last month: Politicians making laws to govern the internet. That alone would not be the problem, if only they would not prove to be completely clueless concerning internet issues.

What's the matter with politics these days?

Alright, here's a summary of what happened: German Minister for family and social affairs Ursula von der Leyen (called Zensursula, m…  More