There are people on this planet that work hard to flip the meanings of words so that they can control and manipulate others.

Bingo. This is a form of mind control. And it has been used for millennia.

Examples:

• anarchy
• conspiracy theorist
• fake news
• Department of Defense

Thank you for your quote:

"When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom." Confucius

That is so true, and there are so many other wonderful sayings from this wise Chinese sage.

I also like how you included language aspects of 1984 such as 'newspeak' and 'doublethink'. Orwell was dead on, and we see this happening in bulk today - especially in the mainstream media and across social media.

I just finished teaching a course which on Orwell's 1984 novel for my senior 3 high school students here in China in which we focused on many of these aspects of language and mind control. We explore these aspects in great detail comparing them with what is happening today (both in China and in the USA/West).

So thank you for sharing your thoughts on the proper use of words and the importance of staying true and loyal to their original meanings, as words are, and always have been, more powerful than any weapon ever developed.