A couple important distinctions in this chapter:
1. "The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power."
I think we often feel the need to give people/characters a reason to want to be evil, controlling assholes. Sometimes, they're just evil, controlling assholes for its own sake.
2. "The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred."
Being a hater is so much easier than being creative and tolerant and all those other things. Leaves more time for POWER. Also, they want to "abolish the orgasm."
3. "It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide."
I think Winston is right. Eventually, the whole miserable pile will collapse. Either because it can't maintain itself any longer (can you really motivate enough people this way to build a long term sustaining society) or because some challenge arrives that (in its diminished capacity) it can't face.
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