"We have a hunger for something like authenticity, but are easily satisfied by an ersatz facsimile."
— George Orwell

January 1, 1970

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George Orwell
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Actually a statement by Miles Orvell, in The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880–1940 (1989)