Falsehoods, fallacies, lies: Trump’s tweets are plucked straight from a dystopian novel. One graphic designer is underscoring the similarities with type.
George Orwell, author of the dystopian novel 1984, is probably rolling in his grave over the Trump presidency. The British writer’s cautionary, fictional tale about authoritarianism is an eerie mirror of today’s political landscape, where the government deliberately and unabashedly lies to its constituents, spreads propaganda, and renders citizens powerless.