"infallible arbiter sounds like it is lifted directly from an Orwell novel"
Actually, I think 1984 was more about the fact that the party was clearly not infallible but that ultimately that this didn't matter as all records were constantly rewritten to be consistent with what the party claimed was true at any moment in time.
"Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past"
Actually, I think 1984 was more about the fact that the party was clearly not infallible but that ultimately that this didn't matter as all records were constantly rewritten to be consistent with what the party claimed was true at any moment in time.
"Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past"