I am currently reading a book called 1984 by george orwell. It is about a character named Winston smith, and it takes place in a “dystopian future” where the government is in absolute control of the public and society. Winston is a minor government employee who works in ‘The Ministry of Truth’ under oceania. He is not happy with the living conditions they are offered and he thinks about rebelling multiple times. winston is a thirty-nine year old man with poor health due to the state of living.
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy.” Ch VII pg 83
This quote shows us how controlling the party is and it tells us about how the party controls the minds of people by forcing them to believe whatever they wanted and convince others that what the party says is right – ‘Psychological manipulation’.