Letter to George Orwell
RE: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Dear George,
Many of us Americans scoffed at your book when it came off the press in 1949. Now 60 years later, events are occurring that sadly give us pause and respect for your early vision.
Alas, your terms "Big Brother" and "Newspeak" reflect the direction of our current society of excessive governmental paternalism, control and the dangerous absence of a real press.
Unless we wake up as citizens, I'm afraid we will end up as your Winston Smith.
Best regards,
Max Weismann
