Porcupine_I on 21 August 2011
if you understand why people turn to religion in general, why they believe in something that depends on faith rather then fact, then you understand every cult or religion.
there is really no difference from the outside.
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’
