Controlling the past

The party controls the past to work in their favor because they believe that whoever controls the past, can control the present. The party re writes the past to make it look like life is constantly improving when it really isn’t. They make it appear like they have done all these great deeds to improve the life style of the outer party, when really it is the outer party that is getting used to do all the boring, hard work that nobody wants to do. When the party says that a certain number of goods is produced, they will usually end up falling way behind on that promise, then they will go back and change the promise they made to make it look like they exceeded their goals, when really they didn’t even come close. This method is effective because even if someone can remember that what they said was wrong and tries to tell people, they have no proof to back it up. All the proof points to the party being write in every instance. The past becomes blured so people just forget what life used to be like and become content with the way life is now. The past is completely erased also. So people never learn what life used to be like, or could be like. They never question the party because that is all they have ever known. They have no idea that other civilizations used to exist that had a lot more freedom and happiness, but they just put up with the control because they can’t remember the past, and even if they could they are too afraid of the thought police to speak out against the party.