Here’s a conspiracy theory for you, Goldstein is Big Brother.

The Party doesn’t just crush resistance—it manufactures it. That’s the real game. Goldstein is the “voice of freedom” by design, a symbol of rebellion who exists only to be hated, hunted, and used to justify control. It’s political subversion turned inside out: the illusion of dissent becomes the ultimate tool of power.

The Brotherhood was likely real at one point but as all bottom up movements are, co-opted by power (as my hypothesis of Occupy becoming the awoke movement). The name Big Brother is no coincidence. Therefore the books content is irrelevant, even if the content critiques oligarchical collectivism—because even truth, when curated by the regime, becomes part of the trap. Goldstein exists to catch people like Winston. The voice that claims to free you is the same voice that leads you straight to Room 101.

That’s the horror: Big Brother doesn’t silence the voice of freedom—he speaks through it.