Who is in control? Given events of the past few weeks and months, that’s hard to say. Another question would be: Is anyone in control?
In his dystopian novel “1984,” British author George Orwell created the character “O’Brien,” a powerful member of the Inner Party who tells Winston Smith: “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.”
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Fear mongering, white grievance, conflation and deceit. McLaughlin's audition for Trump's Ministry of Truth?
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