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The core point of this book is that the purpose of power is not wealth, happiness, freedom and equality, nothing, and the greatest purpose of power is just greater power. Big Brother, that is, the party under the oligarchy dictatorship, its goal is only to protect the stability of power and not be challenged. The fundamental reason is the conflict of power. When productivity increases and everyone becomes wealthy, then wealth itself no longer has meaning, and the ruling class only has power. Then, the general public, living in leisure and comfort, will find that there is no need for the small privileged class to exist, and will take back their power. Therefore, to protect the stability of the power of the privileged class, it is necessary to rely on the level of education of the poor and low knowledge.
The reason why this story can create the kind of oligarchy that monitors and suppresses the freedom of thought and eliminates all independent thinking as the highest criterion. The main reason is that the world has fallen into a rigid balance of power. None of the three great powers can eliminate others, plus the existence of weapons of mass destruction that guarantee mutual destruction. Politically, foreign wars are not a matter of life or death. The threat of being wiped out by the enemy by force has disappeared. So the only thing that can threaten the survival of the regime is internal rebellion. so what? The greatest purpose of power is only to protect power, and such a development is also reasonable. Think about the current performance is everything, financial figures are everything, and money is everything. The purpose of performance is the highest score, not the effect of learning. The purpose of financial figures is to look good in the quarterly financial figures rather than the accumulation of long-term competitiveness. The purpose of making money is to make more money, aren't they all the same?
Blind pursuit results in only blind goals. When power is extremely safe, but the people are poor, there is no freedom, no dignity, no love, or even happiness at all, science and technology and physical productivity are degraded, civilization continues to drive backwards, and the country is great. Most of the power and resources are used to control the mind and maintain the stability of the power structure. This is really only possible if there is no actual threat of foreign enemies. From a bystander's point of view, this is stupid, inefficient and uncompetitive, but under the slogan of patriotism and the party, who is living in the moment, who dares to question?
Of course, the most admirable thing about this novel is perhaps the crazy methods used to maintain power. In order to consume resources and make the people moderately poor and patriotic, the war must continue. If the enemy did not drop a bomb, he would throw it himself to maintain the cohesion of the people. Because it is impossible for Big Brother to be wrong, it is necessary to constantly rewrite history. The history that is not recorded and circulated, the memory that no longer exists in the human mind, is equivalent to not existing. So if you change the past by controlling your mind, the past can be changed. White can be said to be black, and two plus two can be equal to five, so what else is impossible? Although it is self-deception, but if this is the goal in itself, if the general direction is only the stability of power, it must be said that this may be quite efficient, if this is really the only goal.
Although this novel ended with Big Brother's victory, the contrast in it has highlighted the value of freedom, equality and independent thinking. Perhaps free competition in this world is very hard, but what is the meaning of living alone? Perhaps all those who call themselves scholars should read this classic novel. Stimulate the desire for freedom, search for truth, and pursue truth. What an expensive treasure in this novel world, modern Taiwanese don't seem to know how to cherish it! What's more, global competition requires more free and open thinking and innovative thinking to have the opportunity to emerge. Corruption and conservative closure are enough to offset any lofty ideals of fairness. Hasn't history already explained this point?
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USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
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