1984 and Today’s World
The modern world states in one way or another have a significant impact on the civil rights and privacy of their residents. The developed countries such as the US, China, or countries of Europe, control their residents latently: they use modern technologies in order to gain access to personal data of the person and be able to watch after every citizen. In less developed countries, the infringement of civil rights is usually manifested in the form of an open totalitarian regime managed by a dictator.
The peculiarity of the Oceania state in the 1984 book is that this country uses both forms of population control: hidden surveillance of citizens, and forced open "elimination" of people who do not fit the regime's system.
The modern world states in one way or another have a significant impact on the civil rights and privacy of their residents. The developed countries such as the US, China, or countries of Europe, control their residents latently: they use modern technologies in order to gain access to personal data of the person and be able to watch after every citizen. In less developed countries, the infringement of civil rights is usually manifested in the form of an open totalitarian regime managed by a dictator.
The peculiarity of the Oceania state in the 1984 book is that this country uses both forms of population control: hidden surveillance of citizens, and forced open "elimination" of people who do not fit the regime's system.