… Reality exists in the human mind and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal. Whatever the Party holds to be the truth is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party. …Seems like ever since this was published, the left has tried to make this come to be via control of politics and media.
— 1984, p. 163
they sell T-shirts with Orwell saying,
`1984 was meant to be a warning, not an operating manual!’