Rainer, I do not quite agree that 1984 was a satire on the USSR. I was born and raised there. The core difference between communist socialism and totalitarianism is the abuse of power, concentrated in one single individual who "rules". I think Orwell was criticizing totalitarianism, not socialism or communism. I want to link one of his pieces about fascism, here: https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/george-orwell-what-fascism/