People really harp off about 1984 a lot when speaking about surveillance but they always seem to leave out what I considered the most disturbing part of the boo

People really harp off about 1984 a lot when speaking about surveillance but they always seem to leave out what I considered the most disturbing part of the book. The government in the story was very aware that they were following a pattern that would lead to a revolution. So they created a system where revolution was impossible. 1984 like most science fiction, was created to show an extreme. While there is no such thing as an unbeatable system, there is definitely people higher up aware of the possibility and actively preventing any major paradigm shifts in politics. The only thing that would truly force a revolution (which doesn't even have to be violent) is if people don't have enough food or their life is on the line. We saw this in the Arab Spring with the rise in wheat prices, which Saudi Arabia was able to avoid through subsidies.