The Party
slogan that specifically references the proles is "Proles and animals are free." The
slogan cited above is aimed more at Party members than at the proles. Indeed, there is very
little effort expended to maintain the loyalty of the proles. The Party prefers to keep them
distracted through such means as the lottery, cheap trashy literature, and the pubs. Assays in
Chapter 7:
To keep them in control was not
difficult. A few agents of the Thought Police moved always among them, spreading false rumours
and marking down and eliminating the few individuals who were judged capable of becoming
dangerous; but no attempt was made to indoctrinate them with the ideology of the
Party.
Patriotism, as it exists in
, is not as relevant to the proles as it is to Party members. Proles are
more or less left alone to live their lives in dreary poverty in the squalid streets of
London.
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