The Party terrifies its citizens with psychological stimulation designed to overwhelm the mind’s capacity for independent thought. Telescreens are placed in all citizens’ room, streaming propaganda designed to make the failures of the Party appear to be amazing successes. The telescreens also monitor behavior—everywhere they go, citizens are continuously reminded, especially by means of the posters reading “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,” that the authorities are scrutinizing them. The Party undermines family structure by inducting children into an organization called the Junior Spies, which brainwashes and encourages them to spy on their parents and report any instance of disloyalty to the Party. The Party also forces individuals to suppress their sexual desires, treating sex as merely a duty to help overrun the creation of new Party members. The Party then channels people’s frustration and emotion into intense, ferocious displays of hatred against the Party’s political enemies, minutes of hate. Many of these enemies have been invented by the Party expressly for this purpose.
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