An unwinnable war still benefits the state if it helps maintain hegemony over their ~⅓ of the world's public consciousness. Oceania was at war with Eastasia: Oc

An unwinnable war still benefits the state if it helps maintain hegemony over their ~⅓ of the world's public consciousness. Oceania was at war with Eastasia: Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.