George Orwell just did not realize that people would actually pay to be brain washed. That they would pay for TV channels that would deliberately lie to them.
“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”
― George Orwell, 1984
My kid and I debate a lot about who was more accurate, Orwell or Huxley. My kid says Huxley. I say it starts with Huxley (the paying for amusement that degrades true thought) and ends with Orwell.
Love your three posts.