Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider
“In 1984, George Orwell set out the idea that thought could be controlled by language with three strategies: the diminution of vocabulary to limit the range of thought, contractions or acronyms to limit the focus of words by eliminating connotations, and euphemisms to make bad things seem good. The paradoxical euphemism ‘War is Peace’ was prominently displayed across the face of the Ministry of Truth. That dystopian improbability has become the mantra of the war in Ukraine today.” (10/03/24)
https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2024/10/02/orwells-war-when-war-is-the-path-to-peace/