Although a society based on hate can survive, it is highly unlikely. In 1984, by George Orwell, the party kept the people under full control by brainwashing them. This is not realistic because in today’s world someone, whether it be another government or the people living in this society, would end it. People of today have been taught that they have rights and if those rights are taken away, something isn’t right. There are many examples on why a society could not thrive purely on hatred, some of which are present in 1984, The Lives of Others, and the real world. The society Winston and Julia live in in 1984 is a society based on hate. The evidence to back that up would include O’Brien, at the end of the novel, telling Winston there is no reason for the horrible things the party does to the people, including complete oppression, torture, and brainwashing. They do it because they can, because they have the power to and they want to prove to themselves that, no matter what, the people will not revolt. One may think this futuristic, fictional society did last forever, but there is evidence from the appendix stating otherwise. In the appendix, when explaining newspeak, it is described as the language that “was” present in Oceania. One could conclude that Big Brother eventually fell. That alone is substantial evidence to prove a society based on hate, Oceania, could not survive. From the explanation and hints given that the proles in 1984 could easily revolt and overthrow the government, I would conclude that that is what happened, but since it is not clearly stated in the novel there are many more conspiracies as to why the government did eventually fall. The proles were ignored, no one paid attention to them, which would make it easy to plot against the party already, plus they definitely had the numbers to do so. They were treated so poorly that they probably got