• Pigs used propaganda such as slogans, commandments and poems to distort the truth

All animals are equal.

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

• Governments use misinformation, fake news, and media control as tools to manipulate public perception, leading to loss of individual thought

• E.g. Russia's annexation of Crimea, China's state-controlled media

• Napoleon used violence and instilled fear to suppress any form of dissent

• Created a culture that stifled individuality and enforced conformity

• North Korea's strict surveillance under Kim Jong-un, where secret police, public executions, and labour camps are used to silence opposition

• Turkey's decline of democracy under President Erdoğan, where the government accuse political opponents of terrorism and anti-state activities