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Orwell’s “1984”: How to Misread a Classic
- mimixco 7y ago1984 was actually about socialism; the totalitarian society depicted in the book is called Ingsoc (English Socialism). Orwell's prescience is still relevant not only because of the warnings against socialism but also because he connects it to big tech and a surveillance society in general. It's interesting and alarming to see how many big tech companies today are advocates of socialism and also participants in the surveillance economy. Surely Amazon, Google, and Facebook are good examples.