Like that thing in 1984. And that episode of Star Trek TNG
Can you explain?
It’s a pretty obvious concept. And triple obvious if you’ve seen those two examples to which I referred. The central point is of course the concept, not anything that happened in my life. Replace “me” with “people in general”. Because it is very common. And then we pause and reflect and think about how this functions in our own lives and society in general and we have a nice discussion.
Could you explain specifically what thing in 1984, and could you also identify the episode of STTNG so I could look it up and perhaps read a synopsis?
I think you mean authoritarian.
No I mean authoritative you ungrammatic donkey
So that’s deeply, nightmarishly fucked up, right?
Why don’t you trust yourself? What happened? 💜
By “I” I mean “people in general”. I worded it for poetic oomph.
It’s the concept that’s important here. The concept of taking authority over the evidence of your own senses.
As portrayed in those two examples I gave.
And then you think, " Gosh how am I doing this in my own life?". And then we reflect and discuss.