Is this really what we are? Eh yes.

Pressed to pick just five books to explain Britain, an expert panel chose Orwell’s 1984 above all – are we so besotted by Big Brother? How about Amis or an Ikea catalogue?

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Americans have proven susceptible to manipulations of the truth

In his novel "1984," George Orwell chillingly described a totalitarian regime in which all communication is controlled by a Ministry of Truth and dissidents are persecuted by political police. The United States remains a democracy governed by a constitution and the rule of law, with pluralistic media, yet there are disturbing signs that the propaganda methods Orwell described have taken root here.

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Huxley talking about "Brave New World" and "1984"