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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OFOLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISMbyEmmanuel GoldsteinWinston began reading:Chapter IIgnorance is StrengthThroughout recorded time, and probably since the endof the Neolithic Age, there have been three kinds of peoplein the world, the High, the Middle, and the Low. They havebeen subdivided in many ways, they have borne countlessdifferent names, and their relative numbers, as well astheir attitude towards one another, have varied from age toage: but the essential structure of society has never altered.Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocablechanges, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, justas a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, howeverfar it is pushed one way or the other.The aims of these groups are entirely irreconcilable...Winston stopped reading, chiefly in order to appreciatethe fact that he was reading, in comfort and safety. He wasalone: no telescreen, no ear at the keyhole, no nervous impulseto glance over his shoulder or cover the page with hishand. The sweet summer air played against his cheek. Fromsomewhere far away there floated the faint shouts of chil-

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