>>10
The world is not like 1984 at all.
Patriot Act, warrantless wiretapping, CCTV cameras, license plate traffic cameras, huge national databases, Social Security numbers, CIA, FBI, MI6, and whatever three letter acronym used for similar government agencies. I could go on, and on.
I will agree that the world is heading more so in the direction of
Brave New World rather than
1984.