Episode 160: Orwell on Totalitarianism and Language (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Rules in the Politics in the English Language
"In Oceania there are no laws and there are no rules. Mark said he wants to state our ground rules," says Seth MacFarlane. "We could give our ground rules based on his rules in the politics in the English language essay which are number one never use a metaphor or similarly or other figure of speech." 'If it's possible to cut a word out always cut it out,' adds co-host John Defterios, adding: 'I don't know if we can keep with that last one'
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