Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of doublethink he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated. The process has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.

When it comes to doublethink, Big Brother ain’t got nothin’ compared to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). For those of you woke folk (no doubt the vast majority of the people who read my column) who’ve never heard of ALEC, let me help indoctrinate you into their Orwellian World. Let’s start with the homepage of their website which proudly declares that:

“The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest nonpartisan [emphasis mine] voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets [emphasis mine] and federalism. Comprised of nearly one-quarter of the country’s state legislators and stakeholders from across the policy spectrum, ALEC members represent more than 60 million Americans and provide jobs to more than 30 million people in the United States.”

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