Well I just finished reading 1984 (yes, for the first time) and admittedly some of the events, particularly in the final third of the book, rather took me by surprise. It seems like Orwell's intention was to depict the most extreme end of oppressive totalitarian regimes possible. Personally, I may be a bit too optimistic, but I doubt that a global Orwellian government would survive for very long for several reasons.
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