Put them on your reading list.
But yes the idea of needing a heavy handed fascism (the boot stepping down on a face) is outmoded. That won’t be tolerated. It’s more going to be a “friendly” fascism ala Jonah Goldberg.
1984 was based on the idea that the way you could continue an industrial state was through constant war to destroy the goods produced. Hence the shoes.
Put them on your reading list.Just checked Gutenberg.