I've always held with the claim that BNW is far more interesting and applicable to our world than 1984. Totalitarianism is out there, but it's not absolute and

I've always held with the claim that BNW is far more interesting and applicable to our world than 1984. Totalitarianism is out there, but it's not absolute and it's largely understood as evil. The sort of glib, "everyone is happy" moralism of BNW presents much deeper questions.