[PatrickHenry]

That reminds me of something from 1984:

The Ministry of Truth -- Minitrue, in Newspeak -- was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air. From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party:

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

It's that last slogan which is in play here ...

[VadeRetro]

1984.

Gotta read that one someday. (Saw the Richard Burton movie.)

After buying a 1984 Chrysler LeBaron, I used to joke "It's pretty nice but you get the feeling you're being watched." (It didn't hold up well, either. Bought it new and got almost nothing for a trade-in on it after six years.)