#146: “Bully Worship”

“It is not merely that at present the rule of naked force obtains almost everywhere. Probably that has always been the case. Where this age differs from those immediately preceding it is that a liberal intelligentsia is lacking. Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion ...”*

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*George Orwell's Review of Power: A New Social Analysis by Bertrand Russell in The Adelphi (January 1939) https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), ... known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.[3] His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
As a writer, Orwell ... is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). ... In 2008, The Times ranked George Orwell second among "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Two Minutes Hate", "Room 101", "memory hole", "Newspeak", "doublethink", "proles", "unperson", and "thoughtcrime",[9][10] as well as providing direct inspiration for the neologism "groupthink". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell