Here are are some things the US government has in common with the governmental system in the book 1984:
1. Who needs education? Education is bad. All you need to know is what we tell you.
2. You’re struggling to get by? That’s the fault of the nation’s enemies.
3. Disappearing people is completely normal.
4. You’re feeling inexplicably angry? Fuel that anger towards other countries.
5. What was true yesterday isn’t true today. We never said that.