1984 Dialectical Journal 3-

"Even the names of the of the four Ministries by which we are governed
exhibit a sort of impudence on their deliberate reversal of facts."


The names of the four Ministries are an example of doublethink
that is forced by the government. The Ministry of Peace concerns
itself with war, the Ministry of Love with torture, the Ministry of
Truth with lies and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. By lying
to the people of Oceania the government, Big Brother, gains power
through fear and the idea of doublethink. Winston knows this is true
because he works in the Ministry of Truth were they constantly change
the truth into lies. They change articles and filed papers to make Big
Brother always right. By having this system, it keeps the lowest
class, the "Proles" always as the lowest because they are ignorant of
what is going on. It keeps the middle class, the "outer party" always
as the middle class, slightly informed but not enough to understand
what's happening and it keeps the highest class, the "inner party"
always as the highest class and informed and privileged.

Although doublethink isn't directly used against us as a weapon
from our government, it's still prevalent in our society. Doublethink
means to deceive, many people lie and deceive to get what they want.
For example, in propaganda they make you believe their advertisement,
that they're product is the best and you believe it and buy that
product even though you know that it may be false.

These harmful lies are just more examples of what makes Oceania
a dystopia.