[throw_nbvc1234]

Because it's a narrative baked into western culture. People collectively respond to stories/narratives more then pure facts.

[_mlbt]

The fact is that we are shockingly close to the world of 1984. Two minutes hate, newspeak, and our smartphones are telescreens on steroids. Orwell was frighteningly prophetic.

[jenadine]

Orwell wasn't prophetic but was a reflection of the world as it already was is 1948. That's what I learnt at school.

[nalekberov]

"than" not "then"