The author achieves this by systematically drawing parallels between the state of Ingsoc and that of the Soviet Union. These parallels focus on the dangerous path to dictatorship, as both governments “are not interested in the good of others; [they] are only interested in power. (Orwell 301 – 302) Looking only at the methods of societal control, it is evident that Orwell is denouncing communists and calling the nations attention to the horror of communist nations as they attempt to control their populations. Although Orwell is willing to denounce extreme communism, he offers no real solution to the problem at hand. He implies that perhaps the power to overthrow the government lies with the proletariats (89), but he quickly condemns this idea by saying that "until they become conscious, they will never rebel and until whether they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious” (90). suggesting that if a nation ever reached this nightmarish level of totalitarianism, it would not even know that it could live differently, and then there would be no more