Secret archives and incinerated truths

‘If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself’ —George Orwell, 1984. By Angus Mitchell This observation in Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece touches on how a critical dynamic of state control requires a shutting out of secrecy entirely as a recognisable function of authority. Perhaps this is the only way in ... Read more

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