See, that just gets me steamed on another rant:
It's not 1984.
"1984" implies all-powerful, all-controlling governments that watch our every move and want to dominate, frighten and cow us strictly to maintain their own power.
Everyone should know by now that the government is also too full of "me, me, ME" to worry one whit about what the public is doing... nor are they bothered to watch us, nor are they even remotely well-enough organized to orchestrate elaborate psychological agendas designed to make us feel frightened and oppressed.
There is no "Big Brother" watching you.
Nobody's watching you... if you think they are, you're just overly paranoid. (I know, because I was for many years, until I wised up and got over it.) "1984" is a
Bogeyman.
The people to be concerned about are the ones
standing right next to you.