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There have been states since 1984 was published that seem to have used it as a template. See Czeslaw Milosz's comments about the book's impact behind the Iron C

There have been states since 1984 was published that seem to have used it as a template. See Czeslaw Milosz's comments about the book's impact behind the Iron Curtain. Or just consider the DPRK today. Both authors got it more or less right, in other words.

mixedbit 14y ago
But Orwellian states are eventually falling, because people rebel against oppression. Perfect totalitarian state can be a one of which citizens are not aware.
- epscylonb 14y ago
  You mean most western countries?.
- dionidium 14y ago
  Your first sentence conspicuously relies on the word "eventually". And there's no reason to assume that history is a linear march forward. Orwell's words may again be relevant, "even" in the west.