Big Brother is watching you. Everywhere you carry your cellphone, use a Presto transit card, your whereabouts are being monitored. Every time you walk on the street, there are probably CCTVs recording you. Every time you use your credit card or payment app, or swipes a loyalty card, some organization is accumulating information.  Every computer or appliance connected to the internet is sending information to the manufacturer's service center.

We are always at war. Oceania may not be at war with Eurasia or Eastasia, but we have been in a cold war with one or the other, and now al-Quaeda, and then ISIS, if not a war against drugs, illegal migrants, or the politically incorrect.

Since at least 9/11, the U.S. has demanded patriotism and not opposing voices. Trump has taken it further with demanding media be "nice" and subscribe to his "facts".

To a fair degree, 1984 is upon us.