Juddian:
Indeed Franglais, Orwell didn’t realise how easily the electorate could be bribed with their own money by glorified snake oil sellers, nor how happily they would destroy their own bodies and minds with real drugs as they soaked up the right on messages from the state broadcasters.
There we have it. Agreement, about the optimistic views of the future held by the late George Orwell.
What’s the name of the late US mathematician, singer, satirist who gave up years ago. “Kissinger winning the Nobel Peace Prize beats anything I could imagine”. Tom ?
Edit Tom Lehrer