[thinkingisfun]

I think they mean participation in that you can choose the left or the right lane of the conveyor belt to the butcher house; it's not about addressing actual stuff. You just have to keep up with the newspeak and it all makes perfect sense.

[benvanderbeek]

"you can choose the left or the right lane of the conveyor belt to the butcher house."

I am going to use this phrase, thanks.

[thinkingisfun]

Feel free. I wish it wasn't true, you know.

[erichocean]

I like yours.

I generally use the example of a slave given sudden democracy: now they can vote which of two slave owners they want to be a slave to.

Vote, no vote: they're still a slave.

Sometimes, "choice" doesn't matter at all.