1984
In Oceania, the military never makes mistakes—because history is edited to make it so.
In 1984, Orwell subtly shows how the regime paints military power as infallible and above criticism. The state rewrites history to ensure every war it fights is always just, always victorious, and always necessary, even when the enemy changes mid-sentence. Citizens like Winston are forced to accept the Party’s version of events without question, which means believing that the military is always right, no matter how absurd the claim. By erasing any evidence of mistakes or defeats, the regime constructs a world where the military is never wrong—because reality itself is bent to support that illusion.
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Yep.
Absolutely. But only the educated or the moneyed interests get it. The multitudes of Winstons convince themselves it’s all fine. “Im white. What’s the problem?”