Asimov spends criticizes how Orwell got future technology wrong. But I wonder how the technology “1984” corresponds to the technology in Eastern Block countrie

Asimov spends criticizes how Orwell got future technology wrong. But I wonder how the technology “1984” corresponds to the technology in Eastern Block countries circa 1984. HBOs Chernobyl is praised for its accuracy of Soviet life in the 1980d, and it looks a lot like what Orwell describes in 1984. And some of Asimov descriptions of 1980s tech were fads: > His hero finds it difficult in his world of 1984 to get shoelaces or razor blades. So would I in the real world of the 1980s, for so many people use slip-on shoes and electric razors. I’ve purchased two sets of shoelaces and 20 sets of razor blades (in bulk) this year.