because we've always been at war with eastasia. for people not familiar with 1984: "Goldstein's book [in a book] explains that the purpose of the unwinnable, p

because we've always been at war with eastasia. for people not familiar with 1984: "Goldstein's book [in a book] explains that the purpose of the unwinnable, perpetual war is to consume human labour and commodities so that the economy of a superstate cannot support economic equality, with a high standard of life for every citizen."