Without the originals, however, it's not so difficult, say for a dystopian government, to replace the work entirely with a completely different propaganda attri

Without the originals, however, it's not so difficult, say for a dystopian government, to replace the work entirely with a completely different propaganda attributed to his name. As modern governments do to flip the script on everything from the events of the world wars, the history of the founding of the United States, slavery, and every other politically charged topic hijacked to rally support for one violent or profitable ideal or another. It's very easy to imagine that tomorrow some government somewhere will be describing the dystopia that George Orwell predicted would occur if people were suddenly allowed to speak freely. In fact, it's easy to imagine that even the original works themselves can barely serve to protect the original message.