Tag: totalitarianism

Why Orwell Matters

by Christopher Hitchens, 2002 A Review: Orwell as Integrity, Defying Both Left and Right As “Orwellian” attitudes and behavior spread on both the Woke Left and Conspiracy-Theory Right,… Continue Reading Why Orwell Matters

Post date February 26, 2023
Post author By Dick Burkhart
Post categories In Book Reviews
Tags 1984, 2002, Animal Farm, Christopher Hitchens, Dick Burkhart, George Orwell, principles, thought, totalitarianism
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Losing Reality

On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry by Robert Lifton, 2019 A Review: “Fantastic Intro to Big Name Leader Cults” The one thing I… Continue Reading Losing Reality

Post date January 2, 2023
Post author By Dick Burkhart
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Tags 2022, brainwashing, charisma, confession, culitsm, cults, Dick Burkhart, dictator, follower, fundamentalism, guilt, movement, protean, reality, resiliency, totalitarianism, zealotry