When Big Brother Rules

Oceania 2.0

Greetings Ascent community.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

George Orwell, 1984

This time last year I published “When Big Brother Rules: Oceania 2.0” and sadly it’s still incredibly relevant today.

The current administration continues to lie and deceive about all matters, big and small:

• the war in Iran (it’s over, it’s not over),

• the state of the economy (inflation, no inflation),

• damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (vandalism, not vandalism),

• non-citizens voting en masse,

• Epstein files release,

• stolen elections,

• crowd sizes,

• ad nauseum.

Keeping pace with (and refuting) the constant stream of nonsense that is spewed our way on a daily basis can be exhausting but necessary in order to preserve the truth and our democracy.

If you missed this piece, check it out and share. We cannot - we must not - normalize the undermining of our democracy.