Wednesday, February 5, 2014

George Orwell, The Fair Elections Act and DoubleSpeak

George said in his classic, 1984, "war is peace", "Freedom is slavery, and Ignorance is strength" You say one thing, you mean another....

 Take for example, The Navigable Waters Protection Act. Sounds like it protects navigation rights on waterways right?

 No, actually it gives the government the right to take away navigability.

 Now here we have the recently introduced Fair Elections Act. Does anyone doubt that the result of the act will be to make elections less fair?

 Take this item from CBC...

 The change would essentially increase the amount parties can spend during federal elections, aside from a separate measure that would increase the cap for national and local campaigns by five per cent. Election reforms include end to blackout on early results Read the Fair Elections Act The measure would exempt as election expenses "the commercial value of services provided to a registered party for the purpose of soliciting — by mail, telephone or other electronic means — monetary contributions." The exemption would apply to services soliciting donations from each person who has donated $20 or more to the party, any of its riding associations or candidates, or leadership candidates in the five years before an election. 

 Double speak is an endeavor to systematically change the meanings of commonly understood terms in order to manipulate and control society and society's popular opinions.

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