Episode 160: Orwell on Totalitarianism and Language (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Winston's Greatest Pleasure in Life
"Winston's greatest pleasure in life was in his work most of it was a tedious routine but included in it there were also jobs so difficult and intricate that you could lose yourself in them" "When they break him he can't do that work anymore why because they obliterated him as an individual one of the bizarre characteristics of the push for power is that it ends up obliterating the very juice that's in there"
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