tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post6593387859417144031..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Brexit todayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-36423677809034829782019-10-14T16:04:30.028+03:002019-10-14T16:04:30.028+03:00' I wonder in what language they spoke to each...' I wonder in what language they spoke to each other.'<br /><br /> Newspeak.<br /><br />"Newspeak occurs whenever the main purpose of language--which is to describe reality--is replaced by the rival purpose of asserting power over it. . . . Newspeak sentences sound like assertions, but their underlying logic is the logic of the spell. They show the triumph of words over things, the futility of rational argument and also the danger of resistance."<br />(Roger Scruton, A Political Philosophy. Continuum, 2006)Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com