The “we’ve always been at war with Eurasia/Eastasia” thing where the people’s position turns on a dime as the official propaganda line shifts in reaction to realpolitik?

TBH starts to look more appealing compared to today’s situation where people are trying to replay WWII or the Cold War according to the last official propaganda line that stuck

Among the reasons we need another total war: the government passing on institutional charisma to graphic artists in the name of propaganda.