Orwellian

The ghost of George Orwell may be conjured too readily and too often, these days, but this truly is Orwellian.

Orwellian, Malthusian, barbarous, depraved…I think you get me.

There has been an almost Orwellian artfulness in the way need-blind admissions policies are sold.

But while another bureaucracy may not be the answer (even the name sounds Orwellian), oversight is clearly needed.