I'd have thought the whole thing is obvious to everyone.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

I guess noone reads the classics any more.

[elleng]

1. NOTHING is 'obvious to everyone,'

and that fact should be.

[LostinRed]

2. If you have a high school degree, I would hope you've read 1984.

Unfortunately, Trump supporters are uneducated idiots that have no chance in society.

[LuvNewcastle]

7. We all read it back in junior high or

high school. I've asked a lot of kids today if they've read it, and very few have even heard of it. The ones who are familiar with the book are almost invariably in AP courses. It's all part of the dumbing down of the populace that's been going on for the past few decades, and people like Trump are the result.

[Old Crow]

3. Can you elaborate a bit?

As another poster has said, most people who have graduated from high school have read 1984, so a lot of people are familiar with the 2-minute hate ritual. But what are you specifically alluding to? Our media in general? Fox News specifically? Donald Trump's campaign? The campaigns of those opposing Donald Trump?

There are a lot of different ways you can apply the concept of the 2-minute hate to American society right now. I'm wondering what you have in mind.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. All of your choices above.

And you're right- too many real world scenarios match what once was only fiction. And if you don't study the fiction the reality won't make any sense.

Ever read Brunner's Stand On Zanzibar? Remember the "muckers"? J. B. described much of today's violence back in 1964.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. I've read it 6 times since 83

It is scary how much truer it gets every year.

[WatchWhatISay]

6. First thing I thought of when

They were yelling "lock her up!"