Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I believe this is the 2nd time I've read this book, but the first time was some 30+ years ago; maybe in 1984 or 1985. What an amazing work Orwell conjured up way back before 1984. I think it's strongly anti-communist/ facist critique, one that hits the mark emphatically. Facism = "Fascism
a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism."
But, there's maybe an even more sinister method that Big Brother plays out--and that's relevant to today and the surveillance that goes on through the siphoning-off of our daily digital data via the internet. Governments and businesses have been show to be complicit in this. Snowden is the whistleblower who exposed the most massive & powerful surveillance system (PRISM) the world has ever known that is **currently** working--and that by the land of the free & the brave, the good ole USA. All your & my data is known--and has been stored in computer warehouses, just in case it ever needs to be mined. Big Brother isn't far away, friends...and He is Watching. Will the info stored only be used when there is truly significant & criminal activities being committed?...
Really enjoyed the audiobook version--great narrator, very expressive--from the library; read it on my iPhone.
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