Imagine being watched every moment of the day. That your every move is seen and observed bysomething or someone. Today we arevideo taped 75 percent of our daily lives. In the book 1984, George Orwell foretold the circumstances thatare today. And when he wrote the bookin 1949, it was believed that 35 years later his fiction would begin to makeour reality. Thebook took place in London, England during the year 1984. “Airstrip One” was London’s alternatereality in the novel. …showed first 75 words of 1802 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1802 total…many politicalindividuals and social movements favor these kind of governmental practices,thus transforming the social landscape in many nations, including the UnitedStates. Now,what I say should be taken with a grain of salt. While Orwell hatedtotalitarianism, he considered himself a socialist. And as a side note, I don’tthink that Orwell really meant to criticize socialism. I just think that’s howmost critics end up interpreting many of the point made by Orwell in 1984.