Orwell was prescient. Words mean whatever the state wants them to mean. Today. Tomorrow the actors might be different. And then the words will mean something different.
It is the death of reason and the Rule of Law.
Orwell, Rand and Huxley would not be proud of the society we have created. But they would have no trouble recognizing it.
Real nice comment, henkster… they would have recognized the society we live in. They were prophets.