Hate-Based Society Essay

A hate-based society is common in the fictional novel 1984 by George Orwell and in our real world, a hate-based society is not an irrational idea. The idea of a hate-based society is founded on fear, power, and of course, hatred. I happen to believe that a society based off hatred and suffering can survive, but that does not mean I would want to live in that particularly shaped society such as Winston Smith did in 1984. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, a character named O’brien says, “Old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love and justice. Ours is founded on hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear and rage” (Orwell 230). O’brien is saying that their society is much different from old civilizations that were founded on the opposite of what Oceania was based on—hate. When O’brien asks another …show more content…
It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide.” (Orwell 269) He is saying that their system in their dystopian society will not survive the way it is. People would be tortured until breaking points, people would turn against one another with all the cruelty happening around them, leaving Oceania no choice but to crumble with the lost of their minds. In a way, Winston is right. A society based off hatred and cruel punishments is not going to survive with the system they have; it would only be a matter of time before everyone begins to break the laws of Oceania and defy the Party as well as Big Brother. Our world has a history of hate-based crimes and hate-based developing societies. For example, Nazi Germany in 1930’s rose with direct hatred toward Jews or anyone who did not fit the stereotypical idea for Adolf Hitler’s “Master Race.” Another example being the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Their main direct hatred was toward African-Americans due to the disliking of the idea of African-Americans or other dark-skinned people receiving more