"Here we reach the central secret. As we have seen, the mystique of the Party, and above all of the Inner Party, depends upon doublethink. But deeper than this lies the original motive, the never-questioned instinct that first led to the seizure of power and brought doublethink, the Thought Police, continuous warfare , and all other necessary paraphernalia into existence afterwords." (216-217)
This passage is very important to the main purpose of every action this government does. They simply convince everyone that things are different then they really are, because if every human mind perceives something differently from how it really happens, did it REALLY happen that way? It's the whole if a tree falls in a forest, and no one hears it, did it really happen thing. This passage reveals that the "instinct" to seize power led to the application of doublethink, and all other strategies the Party uses for control. So this passage tells of the origin and processes of why and how this government runs. Right before this, the class system is being discussed (as it is an excerpt from Emmanuel Goldstein's book) and he talks about how classes are in a cyclic path of trying to improve their life, while holding off the other social class. That also feeds into the doublethink because one way the higher class is able to subdue the proles and the middle class is simply by brainwashing them. It's a method of social class control. The thought police also help retain the class system because if anyone is having thoughts of rebellion they are stricken down before they can gain support.
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