I think Animal's farm is better and a lot closer to our current system
A quote that haunts me: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” Do we have that freedom in the west, today? Will we have it tomorrow? It’s a lot less clear than one would hope.
Surveillance is one of the methods of control, but it's really about oppressing the way people think, shaping it to suit the needs of The Party.