This
question is one that I always bring up when I use this book to teach about totalitarian
governments. I believe that trying to "cure" dissidents is useful for totalitarian
governments like that of the Party because it allows them to maintain what political scientists
call "hegemony."
Hegemony (in political science) is when an
oppressive government controls its people by getting them to believe in its ideas and its
power. It does not have to kill...
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