"For is leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no unction, and they would sweep it away" (190).
I think this qote is significant because it relates back to the quote dealing with the Proles becoming conscious and rebelling. Here, we see an alternate solution to the paradox. By distributing the wealth around, The Party would have made the Proles the essentially the same as the Inner Party, the only difference being their mindset. Their mindset also would most likely have made them the only of the two with some common sense. That would them to wipe out the Party and rebel. The Party knows this would happen, and so it purposely keeps the wealth confined to itself, and wages a possibly non-existent war to keep the Proles in line. If the Proles believe the war is so bad, they will not worry about wealth; the immediate presence of the war will keep them from their wealth problem.
Inimical-[Adjective] 1. Adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful 2. Unfriendly; Hostile
Execrate-[Verb] 1. To detest utterly; abhor; abominate 2. To curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce
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