Who was better off?
Where would you rather /pol/?
Heres the image i wanted to put up in the OP
>>134762182
none
>>134762114
Eurasia has the best doctrines. Firepower all the way.
>>134762114
Who the fuck cares? The whole point of 1984 is that there is no difference between the 3.
Which is, of course, a doubleplusgood joke, because Oceania is the only beacon of civilisation and socialism in this world and will soon win the war.
Traitorous whore Goldstein may claim that Eurasia has the best industry, which would make living there best, but in reality, both Eurasian and Ostasian men would have to endure devastating invasions, while the great people of Oceania are relatively safe due to being separated with the Ocean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtepuyvsGbg
>>134763878
>Who the fuck cares? The whole point of 1984 is that there is no difference between the 3.
yeah this. what the fuck op?
>>134763249
Firepower is shit (unless minor nation), only gives soft attack, try stopping a 110% planned attack bonus from grand battleplan with insane organization bonuses.
>>134764514
And that soft attack destroys infantry divisions.
>>134763878
>>134764100
nice.
what if I told you there are clues in the book that pointed to Oceania's and big brother's eventual downfall?
>>134765254
Give an example
>>134762114
Eurasia
>>134762114
According to lore, airstrip one was the worst place to live in oceania as it was a huge experiment on the populace
>>134765586
>According to lore
What lore? All I know is 1984 and it certainly doesn't say that anywhere. I didn't even know America was part of Oceania.
>>134765245
Not if your units are always running away do to low organizations and Grand battleplan units getting over a 100% combat bonus for over 4 months, in those first 4 months what does firepower do? It might give a bit more soft attack but it will lose a large amount of organization for it, plus the 25% night time bonus.
>>134762114
If i assume Eurasia was Stalinist, then i would 100% be with them.
Stalin was sane enough to realize every ethnicity should remain separate and to not destroy entire cultural/traditional ways, so it would be in best interest to be with Eurasia since it controls most of europe and it's great industry and manpower.
It would be just a very extreme version of nazbol autism.
All i have to do is to be a yesmen.
Also Oceania is controlled by beady anglos and burger slaves, so it is instant turn off. Fuck those two to hell.
>>134765500
The appendix.
Most people skip it but the Treatise on Newspeak starts off with
>Newspeak WAS the language of Oceania
Judging by the prose of the book, the story is written as part of a diary.
When Winston starts narrating his diary to the reader. he says helloe to the people fo the future from the time of thoughtcrime and big brother,
this keeps in line with the concept of doublethink, your led to believe in hopelessness but orwell put the message of hope in between the lines
>>134765500
OBrian was also a double agent.
The outer party was tightly controlled to prevent them from using the proles to overthrow the inner party. This was accomplished by the terror of the TP and Newspeak restricting their brains from crimethought.
Eventually within a couple generations Newspeak would stamp out the idea of revolt and dissent from the party class.
and with that the idea that a revolt can happen and be countered, they would end up neutered and living in a fantasy land, while proles toield on.
Now what about the proles, as the party becomes weaker and loses its grip on reality, the proles become stronger..
They already have an informal market for goods and services outside of party control. This market thrives as the party lies about its failing ability to provide plenty for its cadres.
Eventually this market gives way to a market of ideas..,
this is where the telescreens turns against the party
>>134767894
The telescreens like the other tech are used for party control, but as we see in the book, Goldstein was able to reproduce his book through copying and clandestine distribution. This was a threat to the inner party by creating dissent in the outer party.
This is another clue that WInstons diary becomes the new GOdlstein book of the future, and then many more. a multiplier effect occurs.
back to the telescreen. The telescreen could be manipulated by those in the know, like the party bosses that could dial down the sound or turn it off completely.
or how in the prole zones they could freely block the screen with pictures.
The telescreen coudl be hacked too,
it could be used to coordinate with everyone else that has a telescreen, it works liek a nascent internet in the 1984 universe.
like how the party woman leading exercises can talk directly to Wintson. People can use the telescreen to subvert the party rule.
Eventually the proles would become more well-off and educated, while the outer party became more miserable and dumbed down. The pyramid collapses at that point.
subversive party members could use the proles to overthrow the regime for a better deal for themselves and set themselves up as the new masters.
>>134762114
Eurasia is obviously the best.
>>134768302
essentially Oceania is dependent on a precarious balancing act.
The more books made and distrubtied meand more work for MiniTruth and that takes resources from the other Minis.
The more people dissented the more you needed for MiniLove, and that draws from the rest.
the more the informal market grows and the demands for suppression takes away from MiniPlenty
The minis cannabalize each other while the informal market dominates.
If and when the party tries to stop the free market that formed, the proles will awaken and begina retard uprising since this is the only thing that keeps them alive.
at that point the whole system goes to shit and with it the tripartite balance that existed globally.
Winston said it himself.
>if there is any hope, it lays with the proles.