It was never so disregarded as it has been since 1945. A national socialism could have been a model and guide for the entire world. But it was precisely those powers which ruled over and oppressed other nations which could not tolerate the right of national self-determination. And although many of the colonial empires have disappeared, the nations have been forced into a new and far more terrible form of dependency. U.S. capitalism, and those behind it, have won the struggle for world supremacy.
Surveillance grows more and more pervasive.
Orwell was thus not completely wrong. I have experienced it and I believe we all experience it. Terror is now also being used. Our writings may be banned. We may be thrown into prison.