The Ministry of Truth and the end of the great American Republic
The January 6th incident at the Capitol has been exploited by the powerful American left to stifle speech and silence the opposition. Social media oligarchs have already begun censoring speech on the platforms they control. The small Conservative site "Parler" has been abolished. individuals have been silenced/demeaned. Blacklisting has begun. The democratic Congress is operating like a mobocracy in defiance of the Constitution with another faux impeachment of a private citizen and the new president has 40 executive orders & actions in violation of the separation of powers.
Now we have something right out of "1984" - The Ministry of Truth. For most of us the book 1984 was a warning. Progressives seem to have recently discovered the book and are rejoicing at the ideas they derived from it.
"During a live stream on her Instagram page, Ocasio-Cortez was asked by a viewer if, to help with national healing, there were congressional plans to institute any “truth and reconciliation or media literacy initiatives.”
The socialist congresswoman replied that, yes, indeed, she and some of her colleagues have been exploring media literacy initiatives to help “rein in” the press and combat misinformation after last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“It’s one thing to have differentiating opinions but it’s another thing entirely to just say things that are false,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “So that’s something that we’re looking into.”
https://nypost.com/2021/01/13/aoc-other-progressives-have-a-new-goal-silence-the-press/
The idea was picked up by the New York Times, which called for a "Ministry of Truth" complete with a "Reality Czar." (That would be Orwell's "Big Brother")
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/technology/biden-reality-crisis-misinformation.html
All of it to be done "to unite us!"
So the only reality is theirs and we can be united if we all believe the same thing!
Unfortunately the dems have plenty of power and they are reaching for it all. It will be everything Orwell warned us about. It will be the end of the Republic and the end of the great American experiment with democracy & freedom. We had a 245 year run. That's fairly good for any civilization.