I was thinking about William Casey’s supposed comment, and would amend it: they will know they are successful when most of what a large segment of the population believes is patent bullshit.
Look at the news. Look at the absolute and truly inexcusable imbecilities being uttered by educated people, even and perhaps particularly by college professors and administrators.
Get rid of the police.
Joe Biden is a good candidate.
Donald Trump is to blame for the assaults being waged on him.
In 1984, the control was 100%. In our world, you CAN get a reasonable facsimile of honest news, if you look for it, and you can deduce obvious facts even from what is provided by all the news outlets.
But the mockingbird media has ADDICTED people to idiocy, to War is Peace as an honest, morally superior position they can rest their intellectual and ethical hats on.
It’s as astonishing and jaw dropping as, I suppose, fascinating in its own way. Problem is, I have to live in the world these people are doing their level best to ruin. So do my kids. So do your kids.