They are born, grow up in mud, begin to work at twelve, experience a short period of physical flourishing and sexuality, at twenty they marry, at thirty they are not young, at sixty they usually die. Heavy physical labor, caring for the house and children, small quarrels with neighbors, movies, football, beer and, most importantly, gambling - this is all that fits into their horizon. Managing them is not difficult. It is considered undesirable that the slums have a great interest in politics. They only need primitive patriotism to appeal to it when it comes to prolonging the working day or reducing the pairs. And if they are overwhelmed by dissatisfaction — this has also happened — this dissatisfaction leads to nothing, for because of the lack of general ideas it is only directed against small concrete troubles.

George Orwell, “1984”