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Proles is a Newspeak term in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four to describe the proletariat class.

Proles were still free. As the Party's slogan put it: "Proles and animals are free." This is a sharp contrast to the control of the members of Inner and Outer Parties. The Party members were constantly monitored by telescreens - a TV-like box that could receive and send information simultaneously. These telescreens were placed everywhere, in both private and public places. However, prole quarters were more or less free of telescreens. That is mostly due to a fact that proles were not considered to be human beings. They did not have the intellectual power to understand that they are exploited by the Party (as a source of cheap labor) and were unable to organize resistance. Their functions were simple: work and breed. They did not care much about anything else than taking care of home and family, quarrelling with neighbors, watching some films and football, drinking beer, and above all buying the lottery tickets. They were not required to express their support to the Party. They were only required to show primitive patriotism. The Party created special meaningless songs, novels, even pornography for the proles. Proles did not have to wear a uniform; they could use cosmetics; they had a free market where Outer Party members could get some deficit product (in the novel it's shoelaces and razor blades); they were free because they posed no danger to the Party.

Proles: Excerpt from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Louise
12-04-08 10:34 am
What a humbling thought it is, that so often there is earnest prayer in which the desire for our own joy or pleasure is far stronger than many desire for God's glory. No wonder there are so many...

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Louise
12-03-08 10:04 am
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. —James 4:7

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12-02-08 8:03 am
Try so to live in the light of God's love that it becomes a second nature to you, tolerate nothing adverse to it, be continually striving to please Him in all things, take all that He sends...

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Louise
12-01-08 7:58 am
For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. —1 Corinthians 2:11

Happy Thanksgiving!
Louise
11-27-08 3:01 pm
May The Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

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Louise
11-27-08 8:52 am
So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of heart.
~Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving

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The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. —Isaiah...

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I believe that we all have this dark underestimation of ourselves. Sometimes it is masked as arrogance, overestimation, superiority, but underneath the brashness he problem is insecurity and only...

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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly...

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Proles God Doings God Doings Prophetic Words Torah What I Find Interesting Kyrieology's Anniversary Our First Passover Hanukkah Proles Paul Cell-Culture Technology My View on the News Home » What I Find Interesting Proles Proles is a Newspeak term in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four to describe the proletariat class. Proles were still free. As the Party's slogan put it: "Proles and animals are free." This is a sharp contrast to the control of the members of Inner and Outer Parties. The Party members were constantly monitored by telescreens - a TV-like box that could receive and send information simultaneously. These telescreens were placed everywhere, in both private and public places. However, prole quarters were more or less free of telescreens. That is mostly due to a fact that proles were not considered to be human beings. They did not have the intellectual power to understand that they are exploited by the Party (as a source of cheap labor) and were unable to organize resistance. Their functions were simple: work and breed. They did not care much about anything else than taking care of home and family, quarrelling with neighbors, watching some films and football, drinking beer, and above all buying the lottery tickets. They were not required to express their support to the Party. They were only required to show primitive patriotism. The Party created special meaningless songs, novels, even pornography for the proles. Proles did not have to wear a uniform; they could use cosmetics; they had a free market where Outer Party members could get some deficit product (in the novel it's shoelaces and razor blades); they were free because they posed no danger to the Party. Proles: Excerpt from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. login or register to post comments	Bloggster Saying for this Day Louise 12-04-08 10:34 am What a humbling thought it is, that so often there is earnest prayer in which the desire for our own joy or pleasure is far stronger than many desire for God's glory. No wonder there are so many... Verse for this Day Louise 12-03-08 10:04 am Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. —James 4:7 Saying for this Day Louise 12-02-08 8:03 am Try so to live in the light of God's love that it becomes a second nature to you, tolerate nothing adverse to it, be continually striving to please Him in all things, take all that He sends... Verse for this Day Louise 12-01-08 7:58 am For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. —1 Corinthians 2:11 Happy Thanksgiving! Louise 11-27-08 3:01 pm May The Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Saying for this Day Louise 11-27-08 8:52 am So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, To praise the Lord with feast and song In thankfulness of heart. ~Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving Verse for this Day Louise 11-26-08 8:27 am The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. —Isaiah... Saying for this Day Louise 11-25-08 7:45 am I believe that we all have this dark underestimation of ourselves. Sometimes it is masked as arrogance, overestimation, superiority, but underneath the brashness he problem is insecurity and only... Verse for this Day Louise 11-24-08 8:33 am For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly... Saying for the Weekend Louise 11-21-08 4:11 pm Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a time...
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