This video is sponsored by Mondly Kellyanne Conway: "Don't be so overly dramatic about it Chuck.
what you're saying is it's a falsehood and they're giving - Sean Spicer our press secretary - gave alternative facts to that... but the point After Donald Trump's 2016 inauguration, sales of 1984 increased by 10,000% and it became the number one bestseller in America.
In a post-truth society is George Orwell's 1984 even more important now than ever.
It is a book that in politics has been co-opted by both the left and the right.
with the term "Orwellian" being used and misused in the clamour for power.
Orwell believed deeply in the importance of Truth, seeing it as essential to Freedom, individuality, and justice.
1984 reflects a fear of truth's erosion under authoritarian regimes and propaganda.
He was alarmed by the power of governments and media to distort reality.
How lies could be accepted as truth if repeated and reinforced by Authority.
These beliefs are deeply grounded in Orwell's personal experiences, as we shall see, fuelling his growth as both a political thinker and a writer - two aspects always intertwined in his life.
