Why Is 1984 Still Relevant Today

In the world of Big Brother, there is no such thing as truth. The whole society is built on lies, cover-ups, and misdirection. The party has control over everything in the world including the minds of the people. The world of Oceania is constantly surrounded by media force-feeding the people lies and deceit. People today know more and are more involved in the government to allow an oppressive government to achieve this type of society. The Party in “1984” has achieved the power to control the minds and thoughts of the people, so much so that 2+2=5. This type of powerful, oppressive government is not achievable today because people are too aware of how technology works, and what the government is doing. In 1948, when Orwell wrote 1984 technology was just starting to advance and people were still worried about machines becoming intelligent and self aware. Today people know that way of thinking is outrageous. Technology today surrounds society almost as much as it surrounds the Party members,
If there was no history, or scientific history, like in “1984” all progress would cease. The reason there is forward progress in society today is because of written history documenting all great achievements, scientific discoveries, and great ideas so that people can freely look back and see where they have come from. Another huge part of history is documenting the awful things. Without knowledge of the Holocaust, or the genocide in Rwanda people would not notice if the same thing were to start again until it became too late. Big Brother had so much power because they were able to delete, edit, and add history whenever they pleased. People never knew what was the truth so they accepted everything as truth no matter what. If history was not fact, then an oppressive government could come in and dictate however they