Future Governments

After reading about the society in "1984" I was quick to think that we could never possibly transform into such a terrible style of living like in the novel. However, after hearing everyone's opinion I am starting to believe there is a possibility. What got me thinking the most was when Ms. Fletcher talked about how we could keep getting more and more conservative through elections and after several years it could happen. I always thought we the people are too smart to let that happen, but it could be out of our hands. Maybe we won't even realize it is happening. So if you were like me and thought we could never evolve into a society like in "1984" then I suggest you open your eyes a bit more. We have all the technologies. A controlling government is the last piece, and who knows how close we we are to that?