Last year I deliberately purchased a used, 1984 print edition of 1984 because I was afraid that a recent print might include some subtle edits. I wasn't far off! That logic extends to my Kindle library where I never purchase classic or controversial works for fear that they may someday be updated or deleted by Big Brother. How ironic that my name is also Winston... 😁
I love my audiobooks but for masterpieces like 1984 I buy hard copy. I collect vintage Rudyard Kipling books, many of which carry the Indian swastika, distinct from the Nazi Hakenkreuz by the angle of the arms, and the changes made to his works over the last century disturb me. History is erased one edit at a time.
In the Navy, I was a SIGINT collector and analyst specifically for surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles. I'm a city bus driver now in Seattle and in my many discussions with passengers, they cannot fathom how powerful nuclear weapons have become and how vulnerable the US homeland is to Russian missiles. Nuclear war has become an abstract concept that exists only to further the plot of movies and video games.
Numbers are willy-nilly. How soon will numbers that American taxpayers declare on their tax returns NOT mean anything? I really wonder how long it will take for the tax systems fall apart?
I am already seeing that the numbers that Congress puts out are meaningless. How many dollars taken from the U.S. Treasury go to Ukraine? Apparently, billions. Really? Why not $1? Isn’t one-dollar the same as $1billion these days?
How many dollars taken from the U.S. Treasury go to Isrule? How about we send one-dollar?
Anyway, when will we see the EYE-ARE-ESS’s numbers that they take from taxpayers fall apart? Historically, taxes are taken from citizens in return for protection against invaders and other big expenditures as roads. The U.S. militarry still hugely overspends on things that are meaningless to the American public — they do what they damn well please (some by way of Congress), consulting no American citizen. All the while, bridges are falling apart; homes become derelict; cars become mysteries on how to fix them.
More than 20 years ago, I told a friend that the local alt-press "LA Weekly", their theater reviewer,
"... would lament the 'lack of brown and queer voices' in a Hebrew School production of 'Fiddler on the Roof'".
That's exactly what's happening with this woke intro to 1984.
I want to read the Foreword by Thomas Pynchon, but I refuse to give the publishers any money. If the Barnes & Noble in Burbank is still there, I'm going to go there and give B&N $5 to read Pynchon's essay then leave.
Matt, the censorship problems started with the Internet. If you delete all your social media accounts, there is no more censorship. You are letting yourself be sucked into that world. As a journalist, maybe you feel that your living depends on you reading of your social media accounts. That may be so, but be more selective what you read. Carefully delete “friends” who do not serve you. At least carefully choose and delete “friends” who are group-think-ish. If your timeline is all group-thinkers (otherwise known as “poisoners”), remove them all. You have the power to stop playing the victim.
No-one can make me stop thinking the word “n-i-g-g-e-r.” The word has utility. There ARE blacks who indeed are n-i-g-g-e-r-s. Those blacks deserve the moniker. Every white interprets such words the way (s)he wants. Same with other slang words for ethnics, like wop, dago, and spic, all from New York City and upstate New York words. I am sure each big city has its traditional cuss words for unwanted, unwashed slaves, otherwise known as immigrants.
Matt, I know it's probably a pain in the ass and a cost, but please use some of that sell-out money you're apparently rolling in to hire a video lackey to cut and post more manageably sized clips from the ATW shows. I wish I could make time for the whole show every time, and I love it whenever I can, but you may have noticed there's a lot going on out there. Anyway, love you brother. Thanks for everything.
This is my new favorite podcast.
Last year I deliberately purchased a used, 1984 print edition of 1984 because I was afraid that a recent print might include some subtle edits. I wasn't far off! That logic extends to my Kindle library where I never purchase classic or controversial works for fear that they may someday be updated or deleted by Big Brother. How ironic that my name is also Winston... 😁
I love my audiobooks but for masterpieces like 1984 I buy hard copy. I collect vintage Rudyard Kipling books, many of which carry the Indian swastika, distinct from the Nazi Hakenkreuz by the angle of the arms, and the changes made to his works over the last century disturb me. History is erased one edit at a time.
In the Navy, I was a SIGINT collector and analyst specifically for surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles. I'm a city bus driver now in Seattle and in my many discussions with passengers, they cannot fathom how powerful nuclear weapons have become and how vulnerable the US homeland is to Russian missiles. Nuclear war has become an abstract concept that exists only to further the plot of movies and video games.
Orwell must have been a time traveler. Your commentary is terrifying, because I now realize, we are here
Hasn’t the U.S. deep state been operating without a cognizant President for four years already. Maybe it is that capable and brash.
Numbers are willy-nilly. How soon will numbers that American taxpayers declare on their tax returns NOT mean anything? I really wonder how long it will take for the tax systems fall apart?
I am already seeing that the numbers that Congress puts out are meaningless. How many dollars taken from the U.S. Treasury go to Ukraine? Apparently, billions. Really? Why not $1? Isn’t one-dollar the same as $1billion these days?
How many dollars taken from the U.S. Treasury go to Isrule? How about we send one-dollar?
Anyway, when will we see the EYE-ARE-ESS’s numbers that they take from taxpayers fall apart? Historically, taxes are taken from citizens in return for protection against invaders and other big expenditures as roads. The U.S. militarry still hugely overspends on things that are meaningless to the American public — they do what they damn well please (some by way of Congress), consulting no American citizen. All the while, bridges are falling apart; homes become derelict; cars become mysteries on how to fix them.
More than 20 years ago, I told a friend that the local alt-press "LA Weekly", their theater reviewer,
"... would lament the 'lack of brown and queer voices' in a Hebrew School production of 'Fiddler on the Roof'".
That's exactly what's happening with this woke intro to 1984.
I want to read the Foreword by Thomas Pynchon, but I refuse to give the publishers any money. If the Barnes & Noble in Burbank is still there, I'm going to go there and give B&N $5 to read Pynchon's essay then leave.
Y’all have completely lost the thread. Ukraine somehow just did a Pearl Harbor on Russia?? What?
Matt, the censorship problems started with the Internet. If you delete all your social media accounts, there is no more censorship. You are letting yourself be sucked into that world. As a journalist, maybe you feel that your living depends on you reading of your social media accounts. That may be so, but be more selective what you read. Carefully delete “friends” who do not serve you. At least carefully choose and delete “friends” who are group-think-ish. If your timeline is all group-thinkers (otherwise known as “poisoners”), remove them all. You have the power to stop playing the victim.
No-one can make me stop thinking the word “n-i-g-g-e-r.” The word has utility. There ARE blacks who indeed are n-i-g-g-e-r-s. Those blacks deserve the moniker. Every white interprets such words the way (s)he wants. Same with other slang words for ethnics, like wop, dago, and spic, all from New York City and upstate New York words. I am sure each big city has its traditional cuss words for unwanted, unwashed slaves, otherwise known as immigrants.
Per earlier in this video, I have been debating what 1984 paper edition to buy. It will NOT be the official 75th Anniversary edition‼️
I think “old think” would be “traditional think.” Old ways of doing things.
"There are 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world. 4 of them can destroy the U.S."
https://sonar21.com/an-emp-attack-on-the-u-s-power-grids-and-critical-national-infrastructure/
It's this simple. Big Brother is a bureaucracy armed with an autopen.
Matt, I know it's probably a pain in the ass and a cost, but please use some of that sell-out money you're apparently rolling in to hire a video lackey to cut and post more manageably sized clips from the ATW shows. I wish I could make time for the whole show every time, and I love it whenever I can, but you may have noticed there's a lot going on out there. Anyway, love you brother. Thanks for everything.