Reply #192: Mr. Blair was a keen observer. He recognized what was happening.. [View All]

[hansberrym]

as much of the world seemed to be embracing the Total State and its lies and manipulations of history/facts/information that allowed the Total State to remain in control, and which prevented the people from organizing themselves to effectively oppose the tyranny.

The quote meant something like this:
Persons in power will seek to increase thier power by manipulating the past. (Such as in Reinhardt's treatment of John Adams' "Defense of The Constitution", and his treatment of "The Address of the PA Minority" in order to make it seem as if no one was speaking of an individual right to bear arms at the time of the drafting of 2A)


Having rewritten the past, they can then parlay this to gain more power in the future.(using this false history to Disarm the people is just one step along the way)

Obviously Orwell was not speaking of Reinhardt directly, but he was speaking about people LIKE judge Reinhardt who are willing to REWRITE the past. The shoe fits in Reinhardt's case.