Lack Of Privacy In George Orwell's 1984

At its date of publication in 1949 George Orwell’s 1984 served as a warning of a bleak future. However, due to recent government actions both domestically and abroad the novel is no longer a warning of a possible future, but rather one that has already begun.
The defining characteristic of 1984’s dystopian is the complete and utter lack of privacy, one of the most notable examples of this would be telescreens that pick up “any sound that Winston made, above the sound of a very low whisper” (Orwell 3). In China privacy is already scarce and the Communist Party of China is beginning to eliminate the concept of it entirely, it has begun to put a national database in place that contains lots of information on citizens including things as personal

Rather than changing history like in Oceania, the Chinese have decided to get people to avoid it entirely. It is important to note that the social credit score is not just some arbitrary number, citizens with higher scores will be able to take low rate loans and be able to go on vacations at lower than normal prices (Hua). Essentially the Government is bribing people so that they will be obedient, putting them in an easier position to threaten citizens later, much like the thought police in 1984. In the novel a key part of the elimination of privacy is the destruction of the family. Husbands and wives are not people who love each other but rather those whom the party decided were a good fit to raise children. Often these children would report a parent as a “thought-criminal” and then be praise as a “child hero” (Orwell 23-24). The party didn’t have to watch over everyone because they had “comrades” do it for them by constantly checking on one another for irregularities, especially children; one example is the arrest of Mr. Parsons who was caught yelling “Down with Big Brother” in his sleep by his seven-year old daughter who then reported it to the thought police (Orwell 233). The social credit score will not only be hurt by