George Orwell coined the term doublethink (as part of the fictional language of Newspeak) in his 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
We have come nearly forty years since 1984 and it could be more accurately seen as the state of the world. as opposed to Orwell's fiction. If he were writing it over.
In the novel, its origins within the citizenry was communist and totalitarian starting in the 1930's; while it was a product of formal brainwashing programs and Cultural Marxist social conditioning.
The novel explicitly shows people learning doublethink and Newspeak due to peer pressure and a desire to "fit in," or gain status within the Party of "Wokeism" —to be seen as a loyal Woke Party Member. In the novel, for someone to even recognize—let alone mention—any contradiction within the context of the Party line is akin to blasphemy, and could subject that person to disciplinary action and the instant social disapproval of fellow Party Members. Often known as cancelling.
Like many aspects of the dystopian societies reflected in Orwell's writings, Orwell considered doublethink to be a feature of SovietBiden-style totalitarianism.[3]
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