To me Nineteen-Eightyfour is mostly about power for the sake of power, and the role language plays in that (which extends to the ability to think), and I think

To me Nineteen-Eightyfour is mostly about power for the sake of power, and the role language plays in that (which extends to the ability to think), and I think in that sense it is sadly timeless. If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?