You are not Winston. You are not in the Party. You are a prole. The party doesn't give a shit about what you think, do or say. The only exception is if you pose a meaningful threat to the Party. In which case, the Republican-Democrat Party, the Capitalist Party of the United States of America will threaten you, disappear you, etc, etc, just like they have done to every threat in American history.

  • AtlasFugged [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I've thought about this recently vis a vis my mother, a fairly high up person in the ultimate PMC institution, the IMF. See, in 1984, there is some time dedicated to the fact that Party members like Winston live intentionally austere and unpleasant lives. They are watched all the time, wear awful party uniforms, go to constant meetings, and work grinding desk jobs. The proles live in poverty, but their lives are less rigidly controlled. I think the American PMC class is really approaching Party levels. When I think of my mother and her regular 15-hour workdays, how the IMF literally has a tracker on their employee's iPhones and sends them warnings based on where they go, how they have this overbearing company culture of always being on your email and ready for another meeting; well, I think of Winston