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GASP.
you WILL be assimilated.
the ministry of truth demands it.

We jest!
And yet, it's too close to home, too real.
I guess that's why it's funny. A sort of uncomfortable awkward humour.
Orwell was a freakin' genius. I wish we were sitting here calling him a fool.

1984 was meant to be a cautionary tale.
The left is using it as an instruction manual.