"'The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men.' He paused, and for a moment assumed again his air of a schoolmaster questioning a promising pupil: 'How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?'
"Winston thought. 'By making him suffer,' he said.
"'Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating?'
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"'There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always—do not forget this, Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.'"
>3. Imagine that you were a European and you knew that NATO was going away (and US funding) Would you want an army to protect you?
Protect you from what?
What is the threat, exactly?
>There are no sealed indictments, it’s just a stupid meme.
>How would I have a source for something that doesn’t exist.
How then could I believe your baseless assertion?
There are always sealed indictments. Just like there are always flying insects. They exist.
Have a good day.
I said have a good day.
>Is that enough. I can't believe I'm having to explain why you would need an army to an American (presuming you are US) when you spend so much on your own army compared to the rest of the world.
I just asked clarifying questions.
I don't know you. I don't know how serious you are. You may be legit, you may be a dunce.
Questions help me determine that.
Some people here in the US want to be "protected" from stupid shit.
It's not wrong to want protection.
But you're going to have to pay for it (more of it anyway) as a nation now (past free rides don't mean they continue for ever).
If your nation won't do that, I don't know what to say.
Maybe move here like my English ancestors did in the 1700s.
It was my winning number in BINGO last week
DiPSHiT
I was neutral-to-OK with Netflix until they produced that racial card, white-guilt series last year (I don't even remember what it was called). Fuckers! I dropped them immediately.
I now have a zero-tolerance policy on allowing any Cabal-created filthy shit in my home.