I had never read this before. And that was a hole in my reading, given I'm in my 6th decade.
1984 is one of those books everyone should read. Yes, it's heavy-handed. No, it's not spectacular writing. Yes, we all need to be aware of giving up too much power to our government. But there are other things too.
Orwell's discussions of the proles clearly speak to not leaving them with no safety net. (Winston's youth,
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