The Orwellian State
By Ethan for Identity Dixie People often use “Orwellian” incorrectly. Since 9/11 and certainly since the Snowden leaks, small-government advocates have said we live in an Orwellian state because of the omnipresent surveillance. While certainly obtrusive and unsettling, the real-world Panopticon isn’t “Orwellian” by itself. Orwellian does not simply mean “totalitarian” in the …