A totalitarianism society is operated under an autocratic government and we see in 1984 that this style of governing is performed in its extreme. This extreme, or perfect society (assuming that George Orwell’s impression of totalitarianism is completely accurate) consists of absolute control over the people by the hierarchy of government. In order to maintain absolute control, the hierarchy must implement methods. These methods include privacy, sexual freedom, individual freedom, language and the individual conscience.
There is atmosphere that the government initiates to give society a feeling confinement. This atmosphere is an unescapable and is used to make citizens sense this. The system is created with the use of telescreens, microphones and spies keeping a monitor o
Manipulation occurs through language in many ways during 1984. Propaganda continually flows into the minds of people everywhere. Combined with limitation of thought, the party convinces the minds to believe their propaganda. The concept of minds believing anything they are told even if it is contradictory to what they already know is called doublethink. What the party aims to achieve is that everyone has the ability to perform doublethink without question. If this system is functioned perfectly, the consequence would be a society full of controlled robots, essentially ideal totalitarianism.
Privacy control of course also limits freedom. Emotional sexual relationships cannot be formed unnoticed by government if the ‘culprits’ can first of all fool themselves into thinking it can be don
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