"Tell me," he said, "how soon will they review my performance as Needs Improvement?"
"It might be a long time,’ said O’Brien. "You are a difficult case. But don’t give up hope. Everyone is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall review your performance as Needs Improvement."
I originally wrote my "satire" of this passage as "Will they send me an angry email?" almost a decade ago. Goes to show me that dystopian futures are tough to write in the moment.
Happy seventy-fifth anniversary Book Most Likely to be skimmed by MAGA heads.
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