Goldstein's
answer to this question takes up a significant number of pages within and
serves as one of the most significant political analyses to come out of 's books, discussing
from both a theoretical and a practical perspective the rationale by which the Party maintains
power and control. It would be impossible to do full justice to that analysis here.
First, note that the Party's central task is maintaining a stable and self-perpetuating
hierarchical structure. Secondly, note that, according to Goldstein, the nations of Oceania,
Eastasia, and Eurasia exist in a state of perpetual warfare with one another (a war which cannot
actually be won by any of the combatants and is at this point, in reality, being fought mainly
to perpetuate itself). These two factors are not incompatible with one another: in fact, that
state of perpetual warfare is a critical factor which allows the Party to maintain its grip on
larger society.
Ultimately, paradoxical as it might seem, one of
the...
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