Doublethink: the art of saying nothing while saying everything

Section 1: the basics of cognitive dissonance

"It's not what it is, it's what it isn't," said the great philosopher

George Santayana, in his seminal work "The Senses of Style," wrote:

“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs, the test of the final test Is the ability to be totally undismayed It is the strength of the spirit and it is a bayonet For the brain and it is a piercing star That rides everlastingly in the heavens of thought”

Which, when you strip away the poetic flourishes, Is basically just "don't be an idiot."

This is the foundation upon which all of doublethink is built.

For more on this, proceed to section 2.

Or, if you're feeling particularly adventurous, you can venture into the realm of linguistic subversion.

But be warned, it's not for the faint of heart.

© 1984 by the Ministry of Truth

Or, rather, the Ministry of Obfuscation

(Same difference)