Prolesec

Prolesec

Prolesec is a Newspeak term (derived from "Proletarian Section") in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Prolesec was in charge of providing prolefeed: entertainment for the proles, the working classes in Oceanian society. This was accomplished via a wheeled lottery mechanism that would randomly combine plots, ideas, gender, and other themes, punctuating the frivolity and emptiness of the prolefeed.

External links

* [http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ Newspeak Dictionary]
* [http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/ Searchable 1984 Text]


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