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While I'm no expert in propaganda, Newsspeak was certainly a major topic in Orwell's 1984. The purpose of Newspeak was solely to build language to control how p

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  Doublethink [1] also facilitates control. I expect this comment to be controversial, but I will express it nonetheless. Unsurprisingly, doublethink is very prevalent in online discussion boards, I have observed it in both progressive and conservative spaces. > Doublethink is a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in contravention to one's own memories or sense of reality.[1] Doublethink is related to, but differs from, hypocrisy. An example of this within conservative spaces is demanding freedom, but supporting fascism, such as the instance where the datascientist that reported covid cases from Florida was swatted by the police and had her computers and hardware confiscated. An example of this within progressive spaces is demanding equality across genders, but at the same time screeching about saving women and children from Afghanistan and sending men to die like pigs to the slaughterhouse. Or, supporting women's education and equality while supporting anachronistic systems found within religions that facilitate subjugation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink