I think this is the classic strongman, fascist handling of criticism. It’s not that something changed. No, it’s the critic that’s wrong! How dare they say such lies, they never needed to change because they’ve always been this way!
“Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible.”
I think this is the classic strongman, fascist handling of criticism. It’s not that something changed. No, it’s the critic that’s wrong! How dare they say such lies, they never needed to change because they’ve always been this way!