1984 PROJECT

CHAPTER 3 ; THE SUPERSTATES

"COUNTRIES ARE ONLY WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY’RE ALL AIMING MASS
DESTRUCTION WEAPONS THAT COULD DESTROY THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY’RE AWARE OF EACH OTHER’S THREATS AND KNOW THAT
THEY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO NOT CAUSE GLOBAL EXTINCTION."

"THERE IS AN INEVITABLE PREHISTORIC FUTURE WHERE HUMANITY HAS SLOWLY

GONE BACK TO ITS SURVIVAL INSTINCTS AND BEHAVES VERY UNCIVILIZED,
CLAIMING TERRITORY AND EVERY SOCIETY OF PEOPLE FOR THEMSELVES. LIKE THE
ANCIENT ROME TIME ERA, BUT ON A GLOBAL SCALE WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY."

RELATION TO THE REAL WORLD

WAR IS COUNTRIES MAINTAIN ORDER

THROUGH THE USE OF 
PEACE POWER PROJECTION, BEING
THREATS TO EACH OTHER.

CONCEPT PRESENTED BY CHAPTER

THE MAIN CONCEPT THAT
ONE COULD MAINTAIN A
SOCIETY’S PEACE BY GOING
TO WAR WITH EVERY OTHER
OPPOSING PARTY.

RELATION TO THE REAL WORLD

EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT SUFFER SUCH A
MAGNITUDE OF A CRISIS, IT IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR
TO THE WORLD’S CURRENT COUNTRIES AND ARMIES.

BLINDED WE INVEST SO MANY RESOURCES INTO THE ARMY

AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR THE SAME REASONS,

BY PRIZE TO FIGHT BACK. BUT IF ALL COUNTRIES WOULD JUST

PUT THEIR WAR AND WEAPONS ASIDE THEN WE
COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER WE COULD QUICKLY
INNOVATE SO MUCH MORE IN RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGY IF WE STOPPED ATTEMPTING TO TAKE
FROM EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER.

CONCEPT PRESENTED BY CHAPTER

ALL SOCIETIES INVEST MOST OF

THEIR RESOURCES FOR WAR
PREPARATION AND NONE THINK OF
PUTTING WAR BESIDE FOR
INNOVATION BECAUSE THE MOMENT
ONE SOCIETY LETS THEIR GUARD
DOWN THE OTHERS WOULD PUSH IN
TO TAKE OVER. THEIR INVESTMENTS
INTO WAR RESOURCES KEEPS THEM
BLINDED FROM THE POSITIVE
POSSIBILITIES THAT ALL SOCIETIES
COULD DEVELOP IF THEY WOULD
WORK WITH EACH OTHER.

RELATION TO THE REAL WORLD

COUNTRIES HAVE INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
RESOURCES SUCH AS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND
MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES
AGAINST EACH OTHER. FOR EXAMPLE, THE US HAS REPETITIVE
INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NUCLEAR
WEAPONS BECAUSE NORTH KOREA HAS ALSO INVESTED CYCLES
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EQUIPMENT, AND THEY HAVE
IT TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY FROM EACH OTHER.
THANKFULLY ONLY 2 BOMBS HAVE BEEN USED AND
THEY HAVEN’T CAUSED MORE DAMAGE IN THE OTHER
COUNTRY.

CONCEPT PRESENTED BY CHAPTER

THE ENDLESS CYCLE THAT “WAR IS PEACE ''
WOULD BRING WHERE NEITHER STATE IS
BEING PRODUCTIVE AS THEY ARE ALL TOO
BUSY MAKING SURE THEIR DEFENSES ARE ON
THE LEVEL WITH THE OTHER STATES BUT
NOBODY REALLY ATTACKS BECAUSE THEY
KNOW THEY WILL LOSE ON ENEMY TERRITORY.
EVERYONE IS JUST POINTING BOMBS AND GUNS
AT EACH OTHER WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO
MAKE THE FIRST MOVE.

RELATION TO THE REAL WORLD

AS IS EVIDENT IN THIS QUOTE EVERY TIME THERE IS A

DIFFICULTY IN A SOCIETY EVERYONE TURNS TOWARDS
THE SMALL PRIVILEGES FOR HELP MAKING THEIR
IMPORTANCE BIGGER AND EXPANDING THE INEQUALITY INEQUALITY
GAP FURTHER DUE TO THE LOW-CLASS DEPENDING ON
THE SMALL PRIVILEGES DURING HARD TIMES.

CONCEPT PRESENTED BY CHAPTER

“IT IS A DELIBERATE POLICY TO KEEP
EVEN THE FAVORED GROUPS SOMEWHERE
NEAR THE BRINK OF HARDSHIP, BECAUSE
A GENERAL STATE OF SCARCITY
INCREASES THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL
PRIVILEGES, AND THUS MAGNIFIES THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN ONE GROUP AND
ANOTHER” (191).