https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn The proles in 1984 have little interest in changing the way things are, and the "proles" of our world are similar. en-us 2019-02-15 19:16:48 UTC 2024-06-02 17:15:58 UTC hello@padlet.com ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331882057 It was not desirable for the paroles to have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.]]> 2019-02-15 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331882057 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331882965 If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five per cent of the population of Oceania, could force to destroy the Party ever be generated.]]> 2019-02-15 19:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331882965 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331883794 But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it? And yet-!

]]> 2019-02-15 19:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331883794 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331886920 2019-02-15 19:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331886920 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331888063 2019-02-15 19:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331888063 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331888798 2019-02-15 19:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331888798 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331889495 They are poor, neglected, but not a threat. The Party does not pay mind to them because they hold no power. They are easily swayed, and their culture consists of what the Party gives them access to. They have more freedom, but only because they do not express themselves in any political way.]]> 2019-02-15 19:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/331889495 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332137854 2019-02-17 17:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332137854 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332137951 2019-02-17 17:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332137951 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332138149 2019-02-17 17:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332138149 ameyernp2020 https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332138518 The proles of today are the masses. They are the majority of people who can be easily influenced by their government, their culture, or anything that tries to push a certain idea on the masses. The proles of today cannot tell the difference between a lie and the truth. We are all the proles, in a way. The big difference is our effect on the government; we have some control in how we are governed. Another difference is our interest-- some individuals want to make a change, but others wish to stay in the same routine, they will go with whatever everyone else is doing. ]]> 2019-02-17 17:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ameyernp2020/mzy1yzd7ucjn/wish/332138518