1984 does not apply here in any way shape or form.

Rewriting definitions to fit a narrative, in my mind, is very applicable.

Good thing no one is rewriting definitions. “Recession” has no agreed upon definition, the federal government relies on the NBER to officially tell us if we’re in a recession. They haven’t said so yet.

Next thing they’ll go for the statistics bureau itself in order to massage the numbers closer to the source as possible, no need anymore of this Orwellian double-talk. At least that’s what they were doing in the ‘80s in the Eastern-European country while I was a kid, officially we had record maize and wheat production, in practice bread and cooking oil were rationed.

I don't remember the book ever mentioning architecture, a form of history itself.