Chapter three of George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty-Four
An elaborate scheme to keep the future society of Oceania in constant internal struggle to conform , to resist, and to have their minds in constant preoccupation with punishment. In a book full of practical and impractical elaborate schemes it would be fitting that this whole system of proles and the inner-party, The Revolution, Big Brother (who we do not see), and Emmanuel Goldstein (who we also do not see) were just pawns and rooks to keep the people busy. What gets me down that line of thinking is the two major figures that represent opposite ends of the civil spectrum (Big Briother and Mr. Goldstein) could be figmental characters that perpetuate this inner war with everyone in Oceania. Does not the fact that no body sees the Wizard not grain on everyone working for them? All you need is one brave soul or a straw to break the camel's back to reveal a giant machine that sends recorded messages to both sides of this civil dispute.
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