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Big brother is a concept that represents extensive surveillance of a population by a state as a means of control. The term originates in the 1949 science fiction book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. The book outlines several concepts related to propaganda and control:
Big Brother
A leader who may not exist who is more of a brand than an person.
Newspeak
A controlled language that is officially created and approved by the government.
Memory Hole
A mechanism for getting rid of information that doesn't match often-changing state propaganda.
Ministry of Love
A government agency that converts dissidents into people who love Big Brother.
Ministry of Peace
A government agency that wages a perpetual war designed to use up excess resources so that the people remain poor and powerless.
2 + 2 = 5
The idea that 2 + 2 = 5 if enough people believe it or if it is the official position of the state.
Thoughtcrime
An illegal thought.
Crimestop
A way to avoid throughtcrime by immediately purging illegal thoughts from your mind.
Thought Police
Police who detect and punish thoughtcrime.
Doublethink
The requirement to believe all state propaganda, even if two ideas are completely contradictory.
Telescreen
Devices which operate as televisions, security cameras and microphones.
Overview: Big Brother
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Extensive surveillance of a population by a state.
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