In Orwell's Oceania, the state is all powerful and the citizen has neither rights nor input into government;
- there is no law; mass communication is rigidly controlled by, and restricted to, the state;
- there are no voluntary associations (all such organizations are directly sponsored and controlled by the state)
- society is hierarchically organized, but there is little differentiation, diversity, or variety;
- everything possible is standardized and regimented;
- political and economic systems are merged;
- there is little social mobility and a low, and declining, standard of living;
- all surplus goes into war preparations rather than consumption;
- individuals are isolated from, and do not trust, each other;
- private communication is discouraged and writing instruments are prohibited;
- learning a foreign language and contact with foreigners are prohibited;
- individuals are increasingly bored, indifferent, and intolerant, and memory of past liberties fades with each year;
- proper attitudes and feelings are as or more important than proper behavior.
Orwell identified the right set of terrible outcomes for his dystopia:..... absence of privacy, freedom, and liberty, lack of individuality, mindless conformity, misinformation and disinformation, rampant fear, insecurity, and hatred, and the equation of morality and truth with power.