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Big Brother’s Watching… Are You?How Orwell’s Dystopia is More Relevant Than Ever
The Unsettling Parallels Between Orwell’s Vision and Today’s Reality
George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm remain some of the most powerful critiques of totalitarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth. Published over seventy years ago, their dystopian visions seem eerily prophetic in the context of today’s governments, media, and technologies. In a world where surveillance cameras are omnipresent, misinformation spreads faster than ever, and political systems blur the lines between freedom and control, Orwell’s works resonate in ways we might never have imagined.
But how exactly do Orwell’s ideas hold up in the age of mass surveillance, social media, and fake news? The answer might not only surprise you — it might make you question the systems you live under.
The Totalitarian State: Orwell’s Nightmare or Reality?
Orwell’s 1984 introduces us to a society where the government controls everything — truth, language, thought, and even individual freedom. Big Brother, the ever-watchful leader of Oceania, epitomizes the totalitarian state. In this world, the government manipulates the truth through the Ministry of Truth, erases any traces of the…
