Whose Truth? Whose Power?

It is impossible to mention George Orwell’s name, let alone write about him (i.e., such and such is “Orwellian”), without legions of readers turning the page because they have heard it all before. 

This is unfortunate, not least because Orwell hated clichés and wrote at length about how they rot the brain. It is doubly unfortunate since so much of his writing diagnoses the malaise and lunacy now gripping Western necks.