I found it a bit derivative - Inner Party, Outer Party, Proles - been done before.
Well, isn't the truth derivative by its very nature. History repeating itself is derivative.
What is not derivative?
I wonder how many people have never heard this before? For those that have, repetition and restatement reinforce understanding.
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” —André Gide
(Not quite my point, but it seems to fit here.)
Greenfield's showing us the framework that holds a police state together... and how that police state creates ... what our options are - and what resistance is easily available. It's important stuff - most of us haven't had to think in these terms before ...
He's telling us the lay of the land - how and why it gets that way - what changes will take place in us as we 'adjust'... Calls that still can be made... this article is a warning sign - "Ice On Bridge" or maybe "Bridge Out - STOP". We still have choices.