When was Orwell's 1984 realized?

Orwell missed it by only 25 years.

Hard to pinpoint. In modern times, as my friend pointed out, the cell phone was a major sea-change. But really 1984 has been with us all along since the first printing press, followed by political parties.

Cell phones/internet

You don't have to watch Big Brother when He can track you and record, for a thousand years of posterity, every thing you type into your computer.

I am thankful to yahoo, google, verizon and Uncle Sugar for preserving my every word and thought for posterity, so my progeny can someday research who I was and what I was about. think of it as an archaeological treasure.

Meanwhile, down in The Bunker, my quill pen is enjoying parchment paper.

The moment we left philosophy and it's education to the leftist, Orwell's predictions became the inevitable outcome. Culture is a product of philosophy, society is a product of culture.

Since it was published in 1949, the work has been on a public list of subversive material to be read.

When Al Gore invented the internet. lol

Seriously when the internet came out and people bought personal computers.

We have not yet realized the full application of Obamacare. If that happens we will realize the nightmare of "1984".