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DBoon

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5. Once again George Orwell gets it

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 10:28 AM

13 hrs ago

“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed

- George Orwell, 1984

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Why MAGA can't hear the Trump boos [View all] marmar 15 hrs ago OP

this is not new. among millions of examples i offer jan 6 as a "day of love" rampartd 15 hrs ago #1

Alternative facts. mwmisses4289 15 hrs ago #2

The Simpsons nailed it once again. tanyev 15 hrs ago #3

That's exactly what I thought of when I read the post. (n/t) thesquanderer 10 hrs ago #8

Don't Icanthinkformyself 14 hrs ago #4

Once again George Orwell gets it DBoon 13 hrs ago #5

MAGAS create their own delusional version of reality dlk 12 hrs ago #6

"are you gonna believe what you see or what I tell ya?" mdbl 12 hrs ago #7

MAGA epistemology: If they want to believe it, it's true. hvn_nbr_2 10 hrs ago #9