“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
Winston writes this in his diary after looking at a children’s history book. He believes at some point the Party would announce that two and two do make five, and everyone would believe it. The party can control what its entire people think to be true. If the party ever did declare that two and two are five and Winston believed that two and two are four it would be an act of mental freedom. Then, if Winston’s thought was allowed to be true that would be like saying that all other things the party has declared may not be true. This would open the door for people to think what they accept as true instead of living in the universe created by the Party.
Two Plus Two Equals Five Poster
http://www.twoplustwoequalsfour.org/post/558177647
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