Orwell’s 1984 is one of my all-time favourite books, but that doesn’t mean I want to live in it.
It was meant – as they say – to be a warning, not a blueprint. And yet we have the Newspeak of political correctness, the Thoughtcrime of various recent pieces of legislation that outlaw any unauthorised thoughts about religions, terrorism and anything else the government decides you should not think about, Junior Spies, the prolefeed of popular culture, and – of course – the CCTV telescreens. Now from the Ministry of Love we have this.
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