Totalitarianism In 1984

Dictatorship sounds dissatisfying for those who endure the unfortunate lifestyle and consequences but life doesn't seem miserable to those who are running the show. Those in control of the government live a better life by instilling fear into the minds of citizens, this is exactly what happens in George Orwell's book 1984, the inner party experiences a better lifestyle than the rest of the residing civilians. Governments may utilize fear to stay in a state of totalitarianism because it is easiest and most efficient running a country when all power is centralized.

Totalitarian governments often use the tactics of manipulation, and controlling as well as restricting basic necessities to scare their civilians to act in certain manners. In 1984

In 1984, thought police existed so that no formation of rebellion or no questioning of the inner party would occur. If the thought police had suspension or had hard evidence of thought crime, those involved in the crime would meet death. Here Winston fully acknowledges how dangerous thought crime is,"He was already dead, he reflected. It seemed to him that it was only now, when he had begun to be able to formulate his thoughts, that he had taken the decisive step. The consequences of every act are included in the act itself. He wrote: Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death"(27). Thought crime made people not assemble and discuss things that they questioned, were not sure of, or anything that seemed to go against the Inner Party or Big Brother. Also, they have a stigma against sex, with evokes fear. In 1984, sex is viewed as a duty to Big Brother and only purpose is to have children. Alike, in North Korea, when conspiring against Kim Jong-Un, the consequences include public execution, being put in a prison camp, "collective punishment", or torture. North Korea doesn't have strict rules about sex often but sex service workers do exist for military officials and those who refuse or protest are suffer consequences including death. The objective of psychologically controlling civilians affect the way they act so the government continues to do it because

In 1984, the Ministry of Truth controls all information that is given to the people, its typically suggests to not cross or tempt the government because they will evaporate anyone who tries to bring them down. Also, the telescreens have people watching their facial expression and what they say. That is illustrated in the book, "he took his scribbling pad on his knee and pushed back his chair so as to get as far away from the telescreen as possible. To keep your face expressionless was not difficult, and even your breathing could be controlled, with an effort: but you could not control the beating of your heart, and the telescreen was quite delicate enough to pick it up"(67). The telescreen keeps tracks of everything people says and what emotions are on their face. The telescreen is used to make people fearful, thus it contributes to the assurance that people will not disrespect or rebel the government. In the book, the nation of Oceania is in a constant state of warfare. They may switch up who they are fighting but they are always at war with another nation. This helps increase Oceania's patriotism and loyalty to the country because the civilians want to be on the winning team and not die. North Korea, follows many of the things done by Oceania. They use war as a way of gather patriotism and community between their