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We're living '1984' todayBy Lewis Beale, Special to CNNupdated 9:22 AM EDT, Sat August 3, 2013Lewis Beale: We live in age where authorities, companies collect information about usHe says after Snowden spying revelations, sales of George Orwell's "1984" spikedHe says elements like "doublethink" and "endless war" have parallels todayBeale: In a modern surveillance state, we're all suspects Editor's note: Lewis Beale writes about culture and film for the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and other publications.(CNN) -- It appears that the police now have a device that can read license plates and check if a car is unregistered, uninsured or stolen. We already know that the National Security Agency can dip into your Facebook page and Google searches. And it seems that almost every store we go into these days wants your home phone number and ZIP code as part of any transaction.So when Edward Snowden -- now cooling his heels in Russia -- revealed the extent to which the NSA is spying on Americans, collecting data on phone calls we make, it's not as if we should have been surprised. We live in a world that George Orwell predicted in "1984." And that realization has caused sales of the 1949, dystopian novel to spike dramatically upward recently -- a 9,000% increase at one point on Amazon.com.Comparisons between Orwell's novel about a tightly controlled totalitarian future ruled by the ubiquitous Big Brother and today are, in fact, quite apt. Here are a few of the most obvious ones.
It's all OK.....didn't Nancy Poorlucy promise us in 2007 the most ethical, transparent government EVAH?
And it seems that almost every store we go into these days wants your home phone number and ZIP code as part of any transaction.
The stores do that so they can send you advertising. However every transaction can be tracked since most of us use debit and credit cards for every purchase.