the last quarter of the 20th century was about discovering roughly the location of the fatal zone of state over reach

if the first quarter  established the zone of fatal state "underreach"


and the second quater discovered the extent of the states maximum reach

btw  third quarter discovered the faultering zone ..


1984 was out of date  just a few years after publication

1956  or 1959 make your choice for orwells refutation