Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery

Also, "Germany violates human rights more than El Salvador" and Trump had a "ten out of ten" meeting in Alaska

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Anne Applebaum
Aug 20, 2025
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Forgive me for using an Orwellian cliche in this headline (The full quote is “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.” It’s from the novel 1984, if you don’t recognize it, and it is an example of doublethink, the Party’s propaganda). But unfortunately we are entering that territory. I wound up writing on that theme in two different way…

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