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I'm very divided with 1984. It's context is so massively anti-communist, yet it ironically portrayed much of the authoritarianism we see today in capitalist countries. So much so that when I first read it in my teens, it didn't cross my mind that he was taking shots at old Russia! I find it to be one of those few things that are better when you interpret it wrong.
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Which "capitalist countries" do you mean? I'd agree there is dangerously growing surveillance in Western Europe and the US, but this surveillance is much worse in self proclaimed anti-capitalist and "anti-western" countries like China or Russia or Iran.
I'd say 1984 is anti-totalitarian, and that has nothing to do with a particular political ideology.
Given Orwell's negative experiences with communism, I don't think its innaccurate to say it was a reflection of the biggest communist country at the time--the USSR. That being said, it can be interpreted however anyone wants, and it being interpreted as solely anti-totalitarian works better in my humble opinion.
I fully agree.