If you don’t know who the Inner Party is, you’re not chosen.<\/p>\n
Comment<\/a>: The Proles \u2014 the lower-class people who make up the majority of the US population \u2014 are largely ignored by the government. They don\u2019t face the same kind of indoctrination that the Inner and Outer Party members do and for the most part they\u2019re kept under control by rumors spread by the Thought Police and easy access to various vices.<\/p>\n Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and above all, gambling, fill up the horizon of their minds. They\u2019re also placated with easy access to Party-produced porn and certain crimes \u2014 including prostitution, drug-dealing and racketeering \u2014 go pretty much unchecked in the prole portions of town. Basically, the idea is to keep the proles placated and distracted, so that they don\u2019t pay any attention to the political machinations moving the world around them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you don’t know who the Inner Party is, you’re not chosen. Comment: The Proles \u2014 the lower-class people who make up the majority of the US population \u2014 are largely ignored by the government. They don\u2019t face the same … Continue reading