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A piece of writing that so perfectly and succinctly predicted the future. It proves there is clairvoyance in art. Heller wrote this in the late 1950’s. It was published in 1961.

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”

Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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A piece of writing that so perfectly and succinctly predicted the future. It proves there is clairvoyance in art. Heller wrote this in the late 1950’s. It was published in 1961.

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”

Joseph Heller, Catch-22

That could be Trump's epitaph.  No doubt it would fit on his tombstone.

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DKW 86 Founding Father

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Yall should read 1984 by Orwell. Damn, he hit the nail on the head.

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
tags: truth
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell
“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell
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