Pardoxical

"WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
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This slogan seems twisted and completely backwards upon the first read but after you look into it a little bit more it makes sense. They say that War is Peace. That's not true right? Well, it's a bit of a gray area. They are quite literally constantly at war with another country however the war and common hatred for another group of people keep them united and peaceful at home. Next they say that freedom is slavery. Well this ones a bit more of a stretch but being free to make your own decisions leads to a norm that many people fail to meet and in trying to comply with this norm are enslaved by their work. All of these things are complete opposites in today's world. The Party conducts duties the complete opposite of today's world and the world when Orwell wrote the book. Thankfully, this all didn't happen in the 80's or ever. Or did it? A lot of it reminds me of the grotesquely wrong things that Hitler was able to lead the Nazi Party into during WW2.