In modern times, you most often find the sort of obscurantism Orwell describes in business communications. Most of his examples could have come from Dilbert.
Political speech in America is the domain of the plain-speaking liar. The phrasing is crystal clear, but untrue. "No new taxes." "I did not have sex with that woman." "The war in Iraq is the war on terrorism."
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Political speech in America is the domain of the plain-speaking liar. The phrasing is crystal clear, but untrue. "No new taxes." "I did not have sex with that woman." "The war in Iraq is the war on terrorism."