In the totalitarian society of Oceania, the government has complete control of its people and mandates death upon its enemies. It creates rallies to bolster support for the party and engages in a neverending war to keep members of society impoverished and on the brink of starvation. It does this to maintain the existing order.
Kane explains that as much as the publication is a business, it should also be an entity that protects those who are unable to fend off the money hungry pirates