'Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Already, in the Eleventh Edition, we're not far from that point. But the process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect. Newspeak is Ingsoc and Ingsoc is Newspeak,' he added with a sort of mystical satisfaction. 'Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?'
If that's not it, search for "The Principles of Newspeak", in the appendix at the end, and start reading.
It's very close to Orwell's 1984: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt
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If that's not it, search for "The Principles of Newspeak", in the appendix at the end, and start reading.
That was it, thanks!
Can’t believe I forgot that it was the newspeak definition, I was thinking it was about “actual” crimes (as if newspeak wasn’t one).
If you want a real treat, read this: https://archive.org/details/1984_thegraphicnovel/mode/2up
I can barely just keep up here right now, what with the 47 new habbenings per day, each on groundbreaking stuff!
Will check it out if I get some time though, very little around…