2017 is 1984

Although we live in Orwellian times Orwell himself was famously disinterested in America. He never visited and even turned down a prestigious job. He was very critical of the GI's in WWII England as "boorish and racist". Besides 1984 his real theme was preserving "Englishness"--how to make a perfect cup of tea, the ideal pub, the cheerfulness and decency of the lower class.

If he were here today he would champion "Americaness": apple pie, baseball, Thanksgiving. He would surely back the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders and scorn the rapacious greed of the 1%. He would be sad to see a 1984 society where "War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery" and especially, "Ignorance is Strength",