Amazing book, makes you think a lot. Not that it was intended as such, I believe it to be a critique of the left. Making things complex, thinking through hoops to convince yourself of things that are obviously false is a treacherous fallacy of the intelligent mind.
Why did the book make the list?
Questioning my own political biases:
I am starting to question certain ways of thinking of the left. A certain disregard, probably not exclusive to the left, of scientific facts. As morally devoid these right wing podcasters are, they have a point in pointing out not only the flaws of left wing philosophy (which I mostly adhere to). This is not an issue, what is bothering me, is that most left people hear of these issues, and either through denial or by jumping through many distinct hoops, they (including myself) decide to continue on, as if they were never made aware of such logical fallacies.
The importance of language
When the german justice ministry tried to get a law voted which was written with female declinations only, I thought nothing of it. I didn't care and I didn't think anyone else cared. But people cared, it was a big scandal. I was wrong, language matters. The way Macron speaks matters, the way I speak matters as well.
Interesting concepts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak
Quotes
"Que peut on, pensa Winston, contre le fou qui est plus intelligent que vous? Qui écoute volontairement vos arguments, puis persiste simplement dans sa folie."