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We have always been at war with Eastasia

• ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
  Did you accidentally comment on the wrong story? Or is this a joke that I'm not getting?
  • pseudolus 8y ago
    Orwell's 1984. "The world of Nineteen Eighty-Four exists in a state of perpetual war among the three major powers. Two of the three states are aligned against the third: Oceania and Eurasia against Eastasia or Eurasia and Eastasia against Oceania. However, as Goldstein's book points out, each superstate is so powerful that even an alliance of the other two cannot destroy it, which results in a continuing stalemate. From time to time, one of the states betrays its ally and sides with its former enemy. In Oceania, when that occurs, the Ministry of Truth rewrites history to make it appear that the current state of affairs is the way it has always been, and documents with contradictory information are destroyed in the memory hole." [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Fou...
  • RodgerTheGreat 8y ago
    They're making a reference to the novel 1984, in which governments routinely recast history such that the current status quo "has always been this way".
    • tivert 8y ago
      > They're making a reference to the novel 1984, in which governments routinely recast history such that the current status quo "has always been this way". Though the reference they're making is so irrelevant to this story that it verges on a non sequitur. This action is more akin to developing a spam filter for your email service than a government totally rewriting history for political reasons. If you're going to reference a work as well-known as 1984, make sure it's a very apt reference.