Orwell's book 1984 was specifically written with socialism in mind. What he describes in it is typical socialist government behavior. The Epoch Times has a great article on the book tying it to what we see coming out of the political left every day. No wonder the NYT is writing hit pieces on the Epoch Times.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/edition/american-crossroads-3_3060254/2962515
George Orwell wrote that through alterating the past, and by portraying any remembered history as evil, socialist regimes could render classic texts such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence incomprehensible in their original context. People then would be incapable of understanding the original intentions behind them.
And as if to demonstrate how close today’s society has come to what Orwell warned of, the Declaration of Independence has been framed just like this today. Under the new idea of “hate speech,” the censors at Facebook flagged the Declaration of Independence as containing offensive language.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/edition/american-crossroads-3_3060254/2962515