I had an interaction yesterday that was a bit puzzling.

I happened to be wearing my 1984 T-Shirt (it's really awesome...the graphic is simple, but fantastic). Some guy noticed it. A very brief conversation ensued. He lamented that kids today probably hadn't even heard of the book, much less had to read it. Then, out of left field, he started talking about how "woke" seemed to be us spiraling into that state, and then asked if I ever read Atlas Shrugged.

I wasn't in a combative mood, so I just let the conversation end (plus a couple of minutes later, we left the waiting room). But I was amazed at how he thought "woke" was out of 1984, when -if anything- it is the distraction of "woke" by the right-wing that is a tactic "Big Brother" would have used**. The Felon is trying to take us down the path to 1984, not progressives and "woke-ism". While it wasn't Orwell, that quote I posted a few hours ago could have been from him. Certainly consistent with the Felon and Orwell.

And what did Atlas Shrugged have to do with 1984?? Nothing, as near as I can tell. But he seemed to think it profound, despite it being -in fact- somewhat infantile.

**Recall that they were constantly at war with someone, and that someone changed -even though they would then say "we've always been at war with X"- occasionally, and it was all to distract and obfuscate while Big Brother was up to something else. It was part of controlling the masses.