1984 Comparison -- Part IX
- O'Brien interrogating Winston
-- Doublethink, as a philosophy, is rooted in the average behavior of personality type 8. Average 8's have the ability to say or do something, and in the next moment forget what was said or done. When a 6, like Winston, who respects history and remembers, attempts to cause the 8 to recall what was said or done, the 8 with complete sincerity and honesty denies having said or done so. They tell themselves to forget and they do forget, completely and irrevocably. 8's are the masters of doublethink -- it's in their genetic code.
-- Like 8's, the Party refuse to remember recent history as it was -- they alter it to their needs. The present moment is all that matters.
-- In some ways, doublethink reminds me of religious conversions, where the person is forgiven of sins ... to the point that, in their minds, the sin NEVER HAPPENED. They believe that since God forgives and forgets, they, too, should forget ... and the sin is literally erased from history.
-- Aggressive people in charge tend to employ O'Brien's theory that making people suffer insures you are in control of them. Bosses want their presence felt -- they don't want independent thought. They like the vision of a boot stamping on a human face forever, as long as they benefit from it!
-- Captive experiencing Stockholm Syndrome
-- A person married to an abusive spouse
- Winston recovering, dreaming of the bullet in the corridor
-- Like a worker who senses he's going to be fired, but doesn't know when the exact moment will happen
-- Doublethink, as a philosophy, is rooted in the average behavior of personality type 8. Average 8's have the ability to say or do something, and in the next moment forget what was said or done. When a 6, like Winston, who respects history and remembers, attempts to cause the 8 to recall what was said or done, the 8 with complete sincerity and honesty denies having said or done so. They tell themselves to forget and they do forget, completely and irrevocably. 8's are the masters of doublethink -- it's in their genetic code.
-- Like 8's, the Party refuse to remember recent history as it was -- they alter it to their needs. The present moment is all that matters.
-- In some ways, doublethink reminds me of religious conversions, where the person is forgiven of sins ... to the point that, in their minds, the sin NEVER HAPPENED. They believe that since God forgives and forgets, they, too, should forget ... and the sin is literally erased from history.
-- Aggressive people in charge tend to employ O'Brien's theory that making people suffer insures you are in control of them. Bosses want their presence felt -- they don't want independent thought. They like the vision of a boot stamping on a human face forever, as long as they benefit from it!
-- Captive experiencing Stockholm Syndrome
-- A person married to an abusive spouse
- Winston recovering, dreaming of the bullet in the corridor
-- Like a worker who senses he's going to be fired, but doesn't know when the exact moment will happen
Labels: 1984, comparison
posted by Skew | Monday, August 18, 2008
3 Comments:
What are you talkin' about, TONY?
in china, they call it 爱是你眼里 by 郭美美
In the US, the upper-middle-class people who make up the mass media see no reason why unions should exist, and the only time the mass media covers unions is to talk about whatever newsworthy things (that is, scandals or political endorsements) the union leadership is doing. And also, to cover strikes, from the point of view of "how this strike will inconvenience you, the reader". Since the mass media is made up of multinational corporations, the people in charge of the media aren't exactly sympathetic to the very concept of unions, so they don't get any publicity otherwise, except for the occasional outrage. Therefore all people hear about are the outrages.
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