George Orwell Political Correctness
Orwell was also incorrect in the way he believed newspeak would be used. He never expressed the belief that a group besides the leaders would use newspeak. Today newspeak has been swapped for the term political correctness. "The notion of political correctness came into use among communists in the 1930s as a semi-humorous reminder that the party's interest is to be treated as a reality that ranks above reality itself."(Codevilla) This quote is saying that whatever the leaders tell must be true and that their words out weigh history. Today this political correctness is used not as much by a party as it is used by the people that want to force their ways onto the common person changing their way of life. The most impactful example today is with
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Also, mind control is highly unsuccessful. Cults are believed to use mind control to gain members, but cults that do use a sort of mind control has less than four percent of their recruits stay for more than two years. The United States government has done testing on the effectiveness of mind control. "The CIA also experimented with brainwashing. Though not using Korean or Chinese techniques of torture, beatings, and group dynamics, the CIA did experiment with drugs (including LSD) and medical therapies such as electroshock in their research on mind control."(Passantino) LSD is an extremely strong hallucinogen, that heavily alters the state of mind of the individual that has taken it. It would be assumed that in this altered state of mind it would be easy to control a person because they wouldnt be able to tell a difference between reality and the hallucinations. This proves that people can not be brain washed, even with the assistance of mind altering drugs, even though they do become more likely to follow a suggestion when under the influence of LSD, Orwell made no mention of drugs being used to control people. There is one drug that does help with changing view points and understanding about past situations. The government is currently doing testing with ecstasy being used to treat PTSD. People that have gone through this treatment say that nothing has worked for them like this has. This treatment method gave them the ability to look back at their events and to move on with their lives. It has been reported that after just three doses the severity of their PTSD has bee decreased by over fifty percent. This drug could end up saving lives by altering the state of mind of a person and changing their view on a past experience. This seems to be the extent of what this drug
Also, mind control is highly unsuccessful. Cults are believed to use mind control to gain members, but cults that do use a sort of mind control has less than four percent of their recruits stay for more than two years. The United States government has done testing on the effectiveness of mind control. "The CIA also experimented with brainwashing. Though not using Korean or Chinese techniques of torture, beatings, and group dynamics, the CIA did experiment with drugs (including LSD) and medical therapies such as electroshock in their research on mind control."(Passantino) LSD is an extremely strong hallucinogen, that heavily alters the state of mind of the individual that has taken it. It would be assumed that in this altered state of mind it would be easy to control a person because they wouldnt be able to tell a difference between reality and the hallucinations. This proves that people can not be brain washed, even with the assistance of mind altering drugs, even though they do become more likely to follow a suggestion when under the influence of LSD, Orwell made no mention of drugs being used to control people. There is one drug that does help with changing view points and understanding about past situations. The government is currently doing testing with ecstasy being used to treat PTSD. People that have gone through this treatment say that nothing has worked for them like this has. This treatment method gave them the ability to look back at their events and to move on with their lives. It has been reported that after just three doses the severity of their PTSD has bee decreased by over fifty percent. This drug could end up saving lives by altering the state of mind of a person and changing their view on a past experience. This seems to be the extent of what this drug