Freedom will be freedom. The only kind of equality that men have the power to affirm. The telescreen offers equal dignity, nothing more. All other kinds of equality belong to Big Brother. Your telescreen will create wealth, it will distribute culture, it will educate the masses.
Equality is therefore inevitable.
A socialist utopia is at hand. Hierarchies will not disappear. They will simply come to mirror inequalities among men themselves. With rigor and flair, Peter Huber has produced a palimpsest that no serious student of Orwell, totalitarianism, or freedom can afford to ignore. Rich Karlgaard is the editor of Forbes ASAP, a technology magazine based in Redwood City, California.