My husband is researching for a book on totalitarian dictatorships in Africa. He re-read 1984 and is drawing parallels between Orwell's work and actual governments. The idea of controlling the information the masses receive, though in most African cases it's not so technologically advanced as spy cameras and television ads. We've been discussing this a lot recently, and it is very creepy some of the controls put in place to prevent opposition to the ruling governments, and the sheer level of brutality. We complain about Western or American media, but truly it could be and is a lot worse elsewhere in the world. Just food for thought.
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