Orwell: “It is broadly true that political writing is bad writing. Orwell rants on how politicians (and anyone engaging in politics) intentionally insert meaninglessness into language with the intent to deceive ⇒ “Politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia” Orwell argues the English language is subject to a vicious cycle ⇒ Language becomes inaccurate because our thoughts are imprecise, and the inaccurate language makes it easier for us to have imprecise thoughts. “A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks.” ⇒ we call these vicious cycles. His most famous works include Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).Īn effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing a more intense effect, indefinitely ⇒ E.g.
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