John Brown beat me to the “1984″ reference, so let us also remember O’Brien’s claim that he could “float off this floor like a soap bubble” if he wished to, and that he didn’t because the Party didn’t wish it.
One thing I would add is that the war on “logocentrism” seems to have escalated in tandem with the ascendance of women in power. Expect in the future the whole outdated notion of presumption of innocence (especially in sex crimes or accusations of “sexual harrassment”) to be scuttled in favor of a legal framework in which any man can be put away on any woman’s mere say-so. Expect in the future more Darren Macks as well. At least he committed a crime (murder of his ex-wife and attempted murder of the family court judge involved) that can be objectively observed.
