Will security grow if you surrender
your freedom? 1984 is about the danger of governments becoming
totalitarian, and taking away your freedom, dignity and
individuality.
George Orwell had a vision – in 1948,
after seeing all sorts of horror in World War II, and the beginning
of the Cold War, he described a dystopia in the near future – the
worst society that can be imagined. He saw dictatorship that changes
history, individuals monitored 24h per day, and massive propaganda.
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