a fictional story, – , a satire about totalitarian communist regime not intended to be used as an operating manual or textbook

Orwell’s 1984 was a fictional story, a satire about totalitarian communist regime – not intended to be used as an operating manual or textbook, as the Militant Left are doing today!

with modern times's chilling depiction of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind control

George Orwell's 1984, published in 1949, is one of the most influential novels of modern times, with modern times's chilling depiction of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind control.

another novel about a future world controlled by an all-powerful state

George Orwell’s 1984, written in 1949, is another novel about a future world controlled by an all-powerful state.

a totalitarian society in which meaningless political language, dubbed Newspeak, veiled horrible truths

In "1984," Orwell described a totalitarian society in which meaningless political language, dubbed Newspeak, veiled horrible truths.

retconning history to meet the needs of the powerful

Orwell’s 1984 is all about retconning history to meet the needs of the powerful.

about hope about people having the power to change things

Orwell’s 1984 was actually about hope – about people having the power to change things.

a society driven by a totalitarian government that thrives on controlling what everyone does

In the book 1984, Orwell vividly describes a society driven by a totalitarian government that thrives on controlling what everyone does, think, or say.

a dystopian society in which citizens obey the commands of the government and follow all the rules due to fear and the punishment that would subsequently follow if a rule were broken

In the novel 1984, Orwell depicts a dystopian society in which citizens obey the commands of the government and follow all the rules due to fear and the punishment that would subsequently follow if a rule were broken.

a bleak portrayal of Great Britain as a dystopian superstate re-imagined governed by a dictatorial regime

Orwell's novel 1984 is a bleak portrayal of Great Britain re-imagined as a dystopian superstate governed by a dictatorial regime.

in a dystopian country in which citizens are under constant surveillance by an authoritarian government

First published in 1949, when 1984 was still considered the distant future, Orwell’s 1984 takes place in a dystopian country in which citizens are under constant surveillance by an authoritarian government.

about a future where ( YouTube - 1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial state controlled every aspect of individuals and , dominating all walks of life, from speech to how you think society

George Orwell's 1984 was written around 1948, and was about a future where ( YouTube - 1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial state controlled every aspect of individuals and society, dominating all walks of life, from speech to how you think.

a world

In Orwell's book 1984 Orwell described a world at perpetual war and created by an intrusive government that subjugated an intrusive government's people.

a world in which the state imposes the state's will by force

Published in 1949, nearly two decades after Huxley’s masterpiece, Orwell’s 1984depicted a world in which the state imposes the state's will by force.

at perpetual war

In Orwell's book 1984 Orwell described a world at perpetual war and created by an intrusive government that subjugated an intrusive government's people.

a tightly controlled future where technocratic elites have stamped out individualism with total information awareness and total surveillance from the home, to the office, to the street

In the classic work 1984, Orwell describes a tightly controlled future where technocratic elites have stamped out individualism with total information awareness and total surveillance from the home, to the office, to the street.

a place where humans have no control over their own lives, where nearly every positive feeling is squeezed the life out of, and people are forced to live in repression.

Orwell's dystopia of 1984 is a place where humans have no control over their own lives, where nearly every positive feeling is squeezed the life out of, and people are forced to live in repression.

the story who alters the past records of everything that would conflict with the current policies of Ministry of Truth worker Winston Smith

Orwell's 1984 tells the story of Ministry of Truth worker Winston Smith who alters the past records of everything that would conflict with the current policies so there is never a historical contradiction.

the susceptibility of today’s society and society's possibility of becoming a realm of lies

In 1984, Orwell depicts the susceptibility of today’s society and society's possibility of becoming a realm of lies.

a cautionary tale of totalitarianism , not unlike the possibilities made possible through mass surveillance technologycreated by video analytics

Orwell’s 1984 is a cautionary tale of totalitarianism made possible through mass surveillance technology, not unlike the possibilities created by video analytics.

how the few acquire power over the many

Promising personal peace and affluence, Orwell’s 1984 narrative describes how the few acquire power over the many, and the novel ends with this disturbing picture: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face forever.”