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I don't see the kind of mythical thinking you imply in Orwell. Order and harmony won't be reached by simply calling things by their proper names - that idea would be utter tosh, and Orwell would be the first to say so.
Not calling murder, for instance, by its proper name, however, (and murder does have a proper name, which is, well, murder, right?) will always mean aiding and abetting it.
I don't have time for a longer and more in-depth answer right now, so I know you will think I am hopelessly naive. Rest assured that I do know how that stuff about the proper names isn't all that simple... More later.
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