Comparing The Government In 1984 And The Tangled Web We Have Woven

A dystopian novel named 1984 is about a future where citizens are corrupted into pledging their loyalty to the government by means of watching and brainwashing them. The government in that novel is called the Party they use means of manipulation to, consequently, strike fear in their citizens. The book is named 1984 by George Orwell which compares with the modern-day USA and Chinese governments. Examples of how similar and different the modern-day governments of the Party arrive from, “Security and Privacy: In Search of a Balance” by Barack Obama highlights the difference between the US government and how they use private information to track criminals for the sake of their people. “Electric vehicles send real-time data to Chinese government”

Lastly, “The Tangled Web We Have Woven” by Moglen Eben further shows technology being used by the government to spy on innocent people. The Party uses technology to invade the privacy of their citizens justifying their actions through fear, power, and manipulation which is compared with the modern-day United States and Chinese governments. Throughout 1984 the Party have always been the one in power with no means of wanting to get overthrown, therefore, they use technology to closely monitor their citizens to prevent any sign of rebellious attempts. An example of the use of technology in 1984 by the Party is, “The telescreen, in such a position that anyone who was watching at the other end of the instrument could read what he was writing” (Orwell 158). The power of the telescreen shows how they spy on their citizens with no flaw. Furthermore, the US and Chinese governments do resort to the tactics of monitoring citizens to create balance and safety among their countries. Firstly, the Chinese government is the most like the Party among the mentioned governments since they use their power to track down citizens, they believe is a threat. The article written by Rotella said, “Chinese spies recruited U.S. operatives, armed

An example of how they use power and fear to prevent revolts is, “There was a deal table under the window where he and the old man could talk without fear of being overheard. It was horribly dangerous, but at any rate there was no telescreen in the room, a point he had made sure of as soon as he came in” (Orwell 89). The people who lived in airstrip one could not talk without being overheard which conveys the feeling of fear in the entirety of what they do. Additionally, the fact that the Party was able to create paranoia in their people by the power of having telescreen placed everywhere. Which subsequently brings forth the Chinese government; Comparably, the Chinese government uses power which invokes fear not only to force loyalty in their citizens but companies. An article created by Erika Kinetz gives definite proof of the government using electric vehicle companies to track their citizens every move when driving those vehicles by using fear. The article said, “China has called upon all electric vehicle manufacturers in China to make the same kind of reports _ potentially adding to the rich kit of surveillance tools available to the Chinese government as President Xi Jinping steps up the use of technology to track Chinese citizens” (Kinetz par. 2). Through power of fear, China seeps into businesses to