These three super, in a combination or another, are at war and thus take twenty years. However, war is no longer the desperate, annihilating struggle that it was in the early decades of the twentieth century. It is a fight for limited objectives between combatants unable to destroy each other, without a material cause for fighting and not divided by ideological differences are clear. This does not mean that the conduct of war and the attitude towards it seem less bloody and more chivalrous. By contrast, hysteria is continuous and universal war, and rape, looting, killing of children, enslavement of entire populations and reprisals against prisoners to the point of burning and burying alive, are considered normal, and when that did not make the enemy but the camp itself, it is estimated merit.
(...) (...) Therefore, the war now, compared with the old, is a sham. You could compare this to the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are placed so that they can not hurt. But although it is a sham, it does make sense. Served to consume the surplus of goods and helps keep mental atmosphere necessary for a hierarchical society. As shown, the War is now just a matter of internal politics. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, but recognize their own interests and even their enemies and shout as much as possible the destructiveness of war, ultimately fighting against each other and the winner crushed the vanquished. Nowadays river fight each other, but each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of war is not to conquer territory and defend it, but keep intact the structure of society. Therefore, the word war has become ambiguous. Perhaps it would be fair to say that the war continues to be, has ceased to exist. The pressure exerted on human beings between the Neolithic and early twentieth century has disappeared, replaced by something else entirely. The effect would be very similar if the three super-states, instead of fighting with each other, reached the agreement-respect-to live in perpetual peace without crossing each other's borders. In this case, each would remain a closed world free from the oppressive influence of external danger. A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. This is the real sense (though most Party members understand it only in a superficial way) of the Party slogan: War is peace.
George Orwell, 1984
knew I had seen this once. Comeche Embrace the show to the telescreen, the bluff of the year. In the end, everybody wins, everybody forgot that passed last week. Overall, everything was Blessed Sacrament with handshakes and camera flashes.
There is nothing better than a foreign war to hide the internal weakness: Poor management of resources, political trials and general discontent. There is no better way to distract domestic attention promoting external distraction. I'm sorry the long quote, but this has a great sense: Build a scandal to have a bath in popularity and earning good tramquilidad weeks. If not, ask Buckram and Fujimori, circa 1996.
nothing else, only I have to say that Orwell often successful because all the power you want, you stay there forever.
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