country of an actual Ministry of Truth.
However, the slow accumulation of such lies, carefully orchestrated for
the sake of political expediency, is a plausible notion. It would
attract little attention and lead to the same result, even without a central
agency controlling the process. Remember that The History Channel,
as well as all libraries, universities, book publishers, newspapers, magazines,
and broadcast entities operate under the authority of licenses granted
by the government. Licenses can be revoked. The power to license
is the power to control.
The
pervasiveness of licensing in this country points to yet another fact that
has been lost along the way, and replaced by lies.
fascism
... any system of government in which property is privately owned,
but all industry and business is regulated by a strong national government
— Thorndike Century Senior Dictionary,
1941
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That
simple fact was the truth during the era of World War II. Nobody
remembers it today and the dictionary is getting old. The lies that
have slipped into its place are that fascism was defeated at the end of
the war and that the world was made safe for liberty.
If
Americans can be made to believe that women were drafted and sent into
combat in World War II, if they can be made to believe that the Soviet
Union existed prior to 1869, then Reality Control is plausible. It
will then be possible for Americans to believe that terrorism has always
been our greatest threat, that we have more liberty in this country than
exists anywhere else in the world, that we must sacrifice that liberty
to protect it, that our standard of living is continuously rising, that
our government is always good and protects us from evil, that our economy
can grow forever, that we have an obligation to pay taxes, that the judges
are honest, that the regulations are fair, and that the doctors know what's
good for us.
Who
controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present
controls the past. When no written record and no spoken word ever
acknowledge a different past than what is recognized by the authorities,
when no living human being remembers any other past than that, then the
lies will have slipped into history and will have become the truth.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
Letter to the Editor
In
regard to your comments about "Victory
at Sea" -- You know that I have had a long-time fascination with Eva
Peron. I own three video documentaries purporting to tell her life
story. None of them are uncontestably accurate but all of them are
quite careless about matching visuals with spoken commentary. I know
from my research what kind of hairstyle she was wearing at what year, and
what some of photo-ops were when she was filmed. Anyone who saw only
ONE of these documentaries might think that they were getting a historically
accurate view of certain events described in the commentary, when in fact,
they are not. (Or at least, not always) In relation to Eva
Peron, there's an incident that very much relates to your topic of an oft-repeated
lie being accepted as truth. In October of 1945, Juan Peron was arrested
and thrown in prison. The established labor leaders of Argentina
organized a massive strike, which brought thousands of workers to Buenos
Aires. The government, fearing civil war, released Peron, and allowed
him to run for the Presidency. Eva was Juan's mistress at the time,
and exactly what she did during the period in which he was in jail is almost
anybody's guess. She may have spoken at some union meetings, but
she certainly did not organize the strike, or play any major role.
A few years later, after Peron was elected President, he had a falling
out with the union leaders who helped him into office. To cover up
this change, the Peronist propaganda machine exaggerated the role played
by Eva Peron, making her out to be this fantastic rabble rouser who almost
single handedly brought out "the people" to save her man. This wonderfully
romantic, melodramatic story was picked up by most textbooks and encyclopedias.
It is repeated in the Madonna film "Evita". The problem is that it
really never happened. Only now is the real story being very slowwwwly
disseminated. After all, who wants to think that their favorite source
of information is wrong?
— Sir Donald the Elusive
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