Chapters 7-8 [I lost my notes for chpt 6 and the beginning of chpt 7]
"The capitalists owned every thing in the world, and everyone else was their slave. They owned all the land, all the houses, all the factories, and all the money. If anyone disobeyed them they could throw him into prison, or they could take his job away and starve him to death." [Page 73]
This feels very close to the united health care shooter. Luigi still hasn't gone to trial (as of writing these notes) and the judge is biased. But, because it was a CEO someone has to burn to set an example.
Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
The sentiment behind this is reoccurring throughout the book. Each time written in a new way. This reminds me of something I heard, we learn from the part of the story we choose to remember. With the past being constantly erased all you can learn from is what is shown to you.
What your eyes perceive and your ears hear is irrelevant. What the party said was the truth, regardless of evidence pointing otherwise.
With the American conservative party we can see this happening. If you show them proof that something they believe is wrong. They have the tendency to ignore or twist the proof, continuing to believe what they were told.
The party encourages the paranoia of always being watched
We all kind of knew that about the book. But thinking about it, this paranoia would cause a lot of self policing.
The proles are people who aren't part of the party. The party doesnt want them to have strong political feelings. The party just wanted an instilled patriotism that could be appealed to for lowering rations and increasing hours.
In relation to the proles
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."
