Big Brother
and the Party exist to exercise total power over the lives of the people, especially Outer Party
members. The Partythat is, the elite, inner Partyfunctions as a totalitarian government
controlling every aspect of everybody's lives (except for the proles, who are controlled and
kept in misery in a general way, but not forced to behave with complete orthodoxy). Big Brother
is the emblem of the Party. He is both a benign father figure who everyone is taught to love and
a constant reminder that every Outer Party member is under continual surveillance.
As both Goldstein's book andexplain to, the only purpose of the ruling elite is to
increase and perpetuate its own power. The rulers want the rest of the people to be dehumanized
so that they can only experience hate, fear, triumph, and love of Big Brother. The rulers want
to constantly force people to do things they don't want to do, because this is the only way the
ruling class can be sure they have power over...
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