Saturday, October 4, 2014

In 1984, O' Brien reaveals to Winston the Party's secret slogan, "God is Power". What is the meaning of this slogan?

If 'God is Power' then 'Power is God'

The party is an organisation with only one aim; the survival and improvement of its own position. It is a out-of-control machine made up of people who no longer have any influence over it. It is absolutely ruthless, amoral and demanding. It serves itself and any person who looks for a method of limiting it will be killed.

The more power the party has, the more control it has and so, the safer it is.  That is the only thing that matters to The Party. And, because of this, the only people who are really succesful in the party are people who feel the same and don't care about anything except themselves. So, only psychopaths rise to the top of the party.

There are many countries in the world trapped in this mad cycle of brutality.

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