Just curious here, what do people here think of George Orwell?

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31. But more than that. He predicted what life could (would) become like .....

Big Brother. The citizenry is videotaped everywhere they go, all their actions are captured on tape. That has turned out to be true here in America, in large part. Your car is photographed going through toll booths, down highways, there are pics of your house and street and car posted on the internet by Google and others, you are videotaped going into and out of most public buildings and stores.

The TVs were large and flat and hung on walls in 1984. And so it is today.

Utilitiy companies can control your meter and some thermostats remotely.

It was a warning at how easily the masses can be controlled through propaganda and threats. And so it is. We saw the ra-ra in the leadup to the Iraq War, as lies were told to the masses, who were too easily ready to believe. And how easily the masses agreed to be spied on by the American government, giving up our most basic liberty on which the govt was founded, for the sake of weeding out "undesirables" who might mean us harm.

It was a book ahead of its time.