For the Los Angeles Review of Books, Stephen Rohde gives a thorough and chilling analyzation of our current socio-political climate which highlights just how closely our world parallels the one that George Orwell predicted in his novel 1984:
No one aware of post-9/11 society in the United States, England, Europe, and elsewhere can fail to see how chillingly Orwell (and Madison) imagined the consequences of permanent war in instilling fear, inflaming patriotism, creating an obedient citizenry, and establishing a pervasive surveillance state.
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Please note, that before 1984 Revisionism becomes a mainstream activity, it would be appreciated if you would refer to ‘England’ as either the United Kingdom (UK); or Great Britain and Northern Ireland. /)(GB&NI).
England is but a part of something greater and larger. Thank you.
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