Just because it’s so true people are sick of it doesn’t change the fact that it is, indeed, 1984.

Also Brave New World, weirdly enough.

Good news - we didn’t have to pick a dystopia. We’re getting them ALL. At the same time.

You don’t need to read 1984 to understand the basic meaning people get out of it. The significant aspects can be summed up as a few bullet points or a few short paragraphs.

Unfortunately because its message is so broad, it is often used in support of all sorts of opposing arguments, small and large, Jacob Geller discussed this topic in detail.