By Susan Duclos - All News PipeLine

It is no secret that between the two political parties one is a proponent of big government and the other a supporter of small government, but the term big government, pushed by Democrats, includes far more tight-fisted control of the populace than many may know.

George Orwell's dystopian novel titled "1984" is about government control over every aspect of human life, what they say, do, and even what they are perceived to "think," by way of thought police.

While we have seen many compare the book to present day circumstances, it is generally done to highlight a specific proposed policy, or and individual news event, but if we look at a detailed description of the novel we can a provide a cornucopia of examples of Democrats treating the novel not as a work of fiction, but as instruction manual.

Going through the list we find many similarities between the dystopian fictional novel, and the present day.

SURVEILLANCE IS MOST COMMONLY ADDRESSED

We'll start with the out-of-control surveillance because it is the one example the most commonly addressed. "Big Brother Is Watching You," is a theme that runs throughout the novel, which highlights a society where the populace is under constant surveillance, willing given up in the name of safety and technology.

As we'll show below, Orwell eerily predicted much of what is happening in the world today, in relation to governmental control, what he couldn't predict was the invasiveness of the Internet and social media.

I am mentioning this because the surveillance of citizens is not just conducted by the U.S. government, but from face recognition software to reading users "private" messages, social media conducts much of the surveillance against Americans, which they in turn share with law enforcement if they deem it "wrong-think."

Question: Ever talk about something at home and next thing you know you are seeing online ads associated with what you were talking about?

Aside from the U.S. government, and social media gurus, we also have "smart" technology in appliances that are in the home.

Example: "Samsung's small print says that its Smart TV's voice recognition system will not only capture your private conversations, but also pass them onto third parties."

The wording, first spotted by the Daily Beast, first informs you that the company may "capture voice commands and associated texts so that we can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and improve the features."

This is almost understandable. It's a little like every single customer service call, supposedly recorded to make your next customer service call far, far more enjoyable.

However, the following words border on the numbing: "Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."

Computers, smart TV's, Alexa, Siri and other "personal assistants," all have fine small print and in many cases require users to actively monitor or change their settings, and even then it cannot be assured that no one is listening to you.

About those smart TV cameras....they could also be watching you.