re: Hillary thinks 1984 is about the importance of trusting politicians and the media

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She doesn't actually claim Orwell's 1984 novel says anything. She simply uses an explanation from the book to explain authoritarianism. She uses an example from 1984 intentionally in order to make people compare, subconsciously, the bad guys to her political opponents.

Not really ground breaking stuff as political opponents have been paralleled with 1984s authoritarian regime almost as much as Hitler's Germany.

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Well when one alludes to a book and makes a point based on that allusion I think we can reasonably infer they're claiming that the book supports their point. But agree it's nothing groundbreaking as a leveled attack. It is more applicable, of course, considering the breadth of Trump's scortched Earth campaign against pretty much anyone whose head doesn't stay firmly planted up his arse or who didn't come out of his body.