Is 2020 Actually 1984? The Evidence Is Pretty Clear

George Orwell’s “1984” tells the eerie story of an imagined future where the world is in perpetual war and the government is spying on every citizen and propaganda is a tool used to control the masses. The comparison between the book’s predictions and life today has been repeatedly drawn in a number of contexts, with many calling 2020 “dystopian.”

“You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.”

“By sharing a small act of thoughtcrime he turned the two of them into accomplices.”