It's part of this sort of arch joke that the Party uses "capitalists" as a strawman to beat up on, saying that their defeat of capitalism justifies everything they do, but no one even remembers what a capitalist is - they just have this image of a rich guy wearing a top hat
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(I find it annoying that the one old prole he bothers talking to has dementia, and this causes him to just give up on his whole amateur oral history project because he assumes they're all like that But hey that's who Winston is)
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Yeah, that was a really bad moment.
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This is probably bait but I’ll try to answer. The book’s history is completely relevant to the plot and highlights a core theme. History is a myth that the party dictates. I do agree that most pop interpretations are incorrect however.
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