"one's homeland"

s~Z keithsz at concentric.net
Mon May 12 18:22:36 CDT 2003


In light of Doug's continued appeal to a majority of readers as some
evidence that the few of us who disagree are obviously deluded, I offer this
quote from 1984. Apologies if terrance or someone else already cited this:

O'Brien to Winston:

You believe that reality is something objective, external, existing in its
own right. You also believe that the nature of reality is self-evident. When
you delude yourself into thinking that you see something, you assume that
everyone else sees the same thing as you. But I tell you, Winston, that
reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon
perishes; only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal.




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