ignorance is strength
Totalitarian doublethink slogan
Ignorance is strength is a slogan from George Orwell's dystopian novel *1984*, one of three paradoxical mottos of the ruling Party alongside "War is peace" and "Freedom is slavery." The phrase captures how totalitarian regimes benefit when citizens remain uninformed and incurious—a population that doesn't question is easier to control.
Now used to criticize propaganda, anti-intellectualism, or deliberate misinformation: The campaign against teaching history is pure ignorance is strength.
- doublethinkHolding contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- war is peacePropaganda equating opposites
- freedom is slaveryParadoxical authoritarian propaganda phrase
- 1984Dystopian surveillance state tale
- propagandaBiased information for influence
Orwell · tyranny · control · submission · obedience · blind obedience · blindness · conformity · Big Brother · thought police · thoughtcrime · totalitarian · manipulation · slavery · freedom · deception · brainwashing · newspeak
- Literary Phrasesto be or not to be, carpe diem, et tu Brute, call me Ishmael, once upon a time
ignorance is strengthknowledge is power
Intellectual advantage maxim
enlightenment · critical thinking · intellectual curiosity · know thyself · informed consent
ignorance is strengthfreedom of information
Public access to state records
transparency · open society · democracy · glasnost · free press
ignorance is strengthknowledge is power
Intellectual advantage maxim
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