Not enough lay people have read the book "1984" by George Orwell, because this is a perfect example of Newspeak. www.axios.com/2024/09/21/u...

David Lammy hasn't read it either then...

One of the few insightful things I got in my schooling. Read 1984 and Brave New World for O Level.

See also "In order to save the village, we had to destroy it." [commonly attributed to some public affairs officer stationed in-theatre during the Vietnam war.]

These days Fahrenheit 451 should be required reading along with 1984 and Brave New World.