Prison camps——This form of surveillance created a social conditions wherein most citizens adopted hypocrisy and lying as a way of life.
「掌控話語權的極權者——造就一系列現成的謊言。（套路之所在）」
The voice of Control: a selection of ready-made lies.
「除了在極權主義中普遍存在的恐懼狀態之外，在公民中還存在廣泛的困惑和精神錯亂狀態。」
In addition to a ubiquitous state of fear in totalitarianism, there exists a widespread state of confusion and mental disorientation amongst the citizenry.
「一切都消失在迷霧中。過去被抹去，抹去的被遺忘。謊言變成了真相。」
Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.
One of the reasons totalitarian regimes attempt to alter history its because it rids the society of any past reference points or standards of comparison which might remind the citizens that life in the past was so much better that it is in the sterile and the oppressive present. They also ensure there are no historical roots to which the citizen can anchor and find a truth, sustenance and strength.
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
Psychological warfare: Incessant and intentionally confusing propaganda, conflicting reports and blatant lies are pumped out in official reports and through the mass media at all hours of the day.
「今天說的話和明天可能說的話可以毫無關系。」
What is said today has no bearing on what may be said tomorrow.
「極權主義國家建立了不容置疑的信條，並日復一日地改變它們。」
The totalitarian state sets up unquestionable dogmas, and it alters them from day to day.
