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AOC's Ministry of Truth
« on: January 17, 2021, 02:42:25 pm »
AOC's Ministry of Truth

JOE CONCHA — 01/16/21 09:00 AM EST

One of the more unsettling comments from influential lawmakers came on Wednesday with little fanfare despite being downright Orwellian in its perspective around "media literacy" and a congressional "truth and reconciliation" committee.

"There’s absolutely a commission that’s being discussed, but it seems to be more investigating in style rather than truth and reconciliation,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an Instagram video post Wednesday.

In a related story, Orwell's "1984" had a government propaganda department called "The Ministry of Truth."

“I do think that several members of Congress in some of my discussions have brought up media literacy because that is part of what happened here,” Ocasio-Cortez went on. “We’re going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so you can’t just spew disinformation and misinformation,” she said.

"Rein in our media environment." Ah yes, nothing like the government deciding what is "truth" and what is not. That doesn't happen just in fiction novels, but also in real life in 2021. China and North Korea and Iran come to mind.

So how does Ocasio-Cortez define truth?  .  .  .

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/534502-aocs-ministry-of-truth


These are the people that Orwell, Hayek, et al. warned us about.
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