Socialist Utopia In Nineteen E

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outcomes. The original designers seek to create an ideal social order out of England that is beneficial to all. Marin Kessler, a literary essayist, agrees that these “utopians…had hoped to construct a perfect society in which men and women could enjoy that ultimate degree of happiness which, it was implied denied through the folly and wickedness of their present rulers” (304). Besides being founded on the concept of a Utopia, the revolutionaries believe they could achieve their goals through Ingsoc, a variation on English socialism (named justly). The main concept of socialism is its stress on social equality, so much that the government distributes any possessions equally. In reality, this policy sought to destroy individual property, instead emphasizing collective property, owned by the government for the ultimate purpose of equality. Socialism is also often considered the politics of the working class and lower régime, since they actually benefited ...

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of the Party demonstrates its oppressiveness. The Party destroys the concept of privacy via the telescreen, an instrument used to transmit and receive images. The Party conceals the truth and only tells lies to its people through the controlled media. The Party destroys a language as it evolves English into Newspeak, a language limited in abstract ideas. The Party outlaws the act of sexual intercourse and procreation. The most horrific violation of natural rights is the Party’s prohibition of individuality. Although there are no written laws in Oceania, “there is only one true offense: opposing the Party.” Socialism attempts to create a society with only one true ...

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