20/20 vision for the 21st century from the 20th century seer

The island of Jura was the sanctuary that Orwell found after World War 2, and the place where most of his book "1984" was written. An island off the west coast of Argyllshire where the deer outnumber people by 11 to 1.

George Orwell wrote this extremely accurate vision of the future in the book based on his vision of the way society was headed.

By extrapolation the middle classes or "Outer Party" makes up 13% of the population.

The Proles or The lower classes;

"So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”

The Outer Party or middle class;

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”

Remind you of any city perchance??

The Inner Party or Ruling class;

Inner Party members also have access to spacious living quarters, personal servants, private motor vehicles, and high quality food, drink and consumer goods in contrast to the low quality gin, synthetic coffee and improperly manufactured cigarettes consumed by the Outer Party and the Proles. Inner party members have access to wine, as well as real coffee, tea, sugar, milk and well-made cigarettes. Inner party neighbourhoods are kept clean and presentable, especially when compared to Prole neighbourhoods.

In the society that Orwell describes, every citizen is under constant surveillance by the authorities, mainly by  telescreens. The people are constantly reminded of this by the slogan "Big Brother is watching you": a maxim which is ubiquitously on display. In modern culture the term "Big Brother" has entered the English language as a synonym for the abuse of government power, particularly in respect to civil liberties, and very often related to close circuit television, monitoring of various other forms of media too.

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose