During the late 1940's The Soviet Union and Gemany's rulers were in complete control of the country. Adolf Hitler used propaganda, torture and fear to rule his nation just as Big Brother did in 1984.
Ultimately George Orwell's prediction was true, considering the countless operations by the government to watch the american people. TrapWire was a operation proposed by the FBI in the early 2000's which allowed them access to american's locations and access to there offline conversations even when there phones are off.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s also is another agency known for watching american people and there interactions. They have created a drone that watches everything happening in the world while over 17,000 ft in the air. These are just a few of the many surveillance operations to keep tabs on the american