No Treason

From Wikipedia

Doublethink is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs. It is an integral concept of George Orwell‘s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

War and Peace, turning their backs on one another.

One of my favourite examples of doublethink is

“War is Peace” or, “We have to fight’em over there, so we don’t have to fight’em over here”.

The premise being that only through war abroad can there be peace at home. Or that killing creates safety. Or that murder is a tool to prevent, yep, you guessed it, murder.

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