Although Orwell is said to have been an advocate for democratic socialism (according to WIKI), we seriously doubt that. So today, we are probing what he meant by "changing the system" to free ourselves. Monetary matters fuel secrecy and ritualistic power which are today engulfing society.
Our conclusion is that Orwell knew this!
They don't have to burn books when nobody reads them.™
https://archive.org/details/lookingbackward01bellgoog
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread.pdf
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-there-is-no-communism-in-russia
https://archive.org/search.php?query=kurt%20saxon