I have never read 1984 and still won't; but I'm fascinated by the use of History as a kind of Lethe-Mnemosyne, or as a money laundromat, reincarnating lies into truths.
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. | lit.salon
I have never read 1984 and still won't; but I'm fascinated by the use of History as a kind of Lethe-Mnemosyne, or as a money laundromat, reincarnating lies into truths.