QUOTES FROM ORWELL'S 1984 REWRITTEN TO MATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKETS
“But if money corrupts people, people can also corrupt money.”
(thread, 1/N)
“But if money corrupts people, people can also corrupt money.”
(thread, 1/N)
“Every company has been bailed out, every junk bond has been bought, every stock as been propped. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Fed is always right.”
3/ “The Fed told you to reject the evidence of earnings and balance sheets. It was their final, most essential command.”
4/ “Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”
“Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”
(no need to change these quotes)
“Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”
(no need to change these quotes)
5/ “The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion."
No need to change this quote either, though here it refers to a different kind of print.
No need to change this quote either, though here it refers to a different kind of print.
6/ “The command of the old despotisms was "Thou shalt not". The command of the totalitarians was "Thou shalt". Our command is "Thou shalt buy stocks".”
7/ “But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He went long as stock hit the all-time highs.”
