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April 19, 2025

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face—forever.

George Orwell, 1903-1950, English novelist, The Portable Curmudgeon, Jon Winokur, ed. (New York: 1987), p.105

Unimaginable? Have you read his novel 1984?

Try imagining it, nevertheless. It should help keep the alternative front of mind. And by the way, not every restraint imposed on people by duly elected legislators and proven reasonable in a court of law, is a boot-on-the-face-forever.

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