The dystopian reality George Orwell created in the 40s mirrors our modern reality with scary accuracy. The method of surveillance is even more intense in some cases than the novel portrays; the telescreens have a limitation in their ability to surveil, our phones do not have the same limits. It is easy to be manipulated to love and to hate. It is hard to manipulate the memory of living people whose trauma still rings in their ears. This is why the Ministry of Truth destroys evidence that would prove their word otherwise. The government has assigned vices with Victory Gin and Victory Cigarettes; they want people to have addiction and poor health. The government wants Big Brother to be the warm and fuzzy presence for those who conform and submit, but the threatening and controlling for those who do not. 

While the designed fear of knowledge and freedom lives in both reality and novel, the red-armed woman gives hope. She is evidence that the people will prevail. The feeling of helplessness is designed, but do not let it be your design.