1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"

[jbor]

on 2/5/03 8:09 PM, Otto at ottosell at yahoo.de wrote:

> The dissident left nowadays is maybe "Attack" and other anti-Globalist
> activists, but no party in power anywhere on this planet,

Isn't this the point? Isn't the notion of a "dissident" group or ideology
being in power a contradiction in terms?

A "dissident" government? If not doublethink, an oxymoron at least?

> not even the
> German Greens. The novel says (O'Brien to Winston) that the sole purpose of
> power is to stay in power, therefor resistance against undemocratic (wrong)
> political developments never is puerile but always justified, even and
> especially in times of war. Defending the homeland that way is support of
> the troops abroad because it's a defense of institutions the guys are
> fighting for out there.

I don't quite follow the train of thought here. I agree that O'Brien tells
Winston that the purpose (and goal) of power is power, but I'm not sure what
your following arguments are, or how (or whether) they relate to this
admission.

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