Good fucking Lord if this is how people actually read this book, if this is its legacy in the world, there is no hope of redemption for poor Eric Arthur Blair's soul Sorry dude you're going to the Bad Placehttps://twitter.com/LongBeachBum/status/1290087351440441346 …
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I've seriously thought a lot about Orwell's little story about desperately trying to prove based only on his own firsthand experience that the Earth actually is round, so he can know for a fact he is right about that and not just passing on institutional knowledge
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This is obviously kind of a silly fear that we all have to get past just to live our lives, and it's not somehow new to modern society (A medieval English peasant going "France? Psh, has anyone ever SEEN France")
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But you know these guys have never even thought about this problem It's what 1984 IS ABOUT and yet they don't actually think this is a struggle they'll ever have in real life "But I'M right and YOU'RE the evil Party liars spouting sophistry I learned that in school"
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