1984 vs. Today's Reality

Ways in which our society is similar to the dystopia described in George Orwell's "1984":

1. There is no privacy. In "1984" it was telescreens that watched your every move, even the homeostatic signs that happened inside your body, and possibly monitored your thoughts as well. In our world, it is Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogging: all of the various technologies we have at our disposal, and which we use to broadcast our every thought and action to the world. Our present has become very similar to Orwell's fictional future; the only difference is that the people in that world had invasions of privacy forced on them and we seem to welcome them.
2. We are turned against a "common enemy". In both "1984" and in the our world, hatred has become a valuable tool against the proverbial adversary. This is used as a tool to band people together, making them easier to control since they are of one mind. It also makes them easier to turn the tide against whomever it is that the government wants us to hate. While in the book it is due to the Two Minutes of Hate, in our society the hatred of the enemy is due to things such as the "War on Terror". Both are propaganda.
3. Newspeak. Speaking of propaganda and the War on Terror, both the government in "1984" and our own are using a dumbed down vocabulary to control their people. It is easier to control somebody who isn't as smart as you. When we use phrases such as "War on Terror" and "politically correct", we get a certain picture in our minds of exactly what that means. This is exactly what the people who came up with these phrases intended to do with them. They use the words to take away our vocabulary, making us less intelligent and less able to express our ideas. It's pretty hard to rebel against a government when you can't even express what it is you want to rebel against and how you want to do it.
4. Abrupt changes in "enemies". Our country abruptly changes who we support and who we are fighting with, and it expects the people to follow. This is the same as the changes between Eastasia and Eurasia in "1984". Example: the U.S. used to completely back Mubarak. This was, of course, until he was portrayed as a dictator. Just like that we turned against him, or at least our government told us we should. If you need further proof, just look at the current situation in Libya.
5. The government is keeping secrets. I think it's obvious (or it should be) by now that our government does not tell us everything. Much like Big Brother and the Inner Party in "1984", the government in our world tries to keep its people in the dark about certain subjects. Due to things such as Wikileaks, we are finally learning more about our government.