I am Dyslexic. Thank you Precy & Dr. W. Pringle Morgan for Congential Word Blindness!
It's not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is, Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.
Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance[…] In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation.
The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over [an enemy] but to keep the very structure of society intact.
Loosely attributed to - Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell)