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72 - Nineteen Eighty-Four (with Andy Matthews and Peader Thomas)

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Big Brother Is Never Wrong, You See?

Winston works at the Ministry of Truth where his job is basically to update old newspapers, rewriting the truth to match the party's version of events. Winston gets the old articles and newspapers sent to him his cubicle via a system of tubes and then he speaks into a microphone that types out what he's dictating. He then destroys the old document and any evidence that would ever contradict the party. Basically, rewriting history to Big Brother's narrative. So they're never wrong? I think about that a lot. If we lived to 2084, 2084, it's going to suck when you're around that time and they're making so many books and movies and stuff. They're like

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