the civil police interfered with them very little.' Crime flourished in these conditions, and things that normal Party members were strictly prohibited to do were allowed to go unreprimanded within the world of the proles. Promiscuity went unpunished, divorce was permitted... there was a vast amount of criminality in London, a whole world-within-a-world of thieves, bandits, prostitution, drug-peddlers and racketeers of every description. They were free to regulate their lives according to their own moral code, not the code by which Party members had to live. Also, unlike the Party members, proles were free to travel wherever they liked within the country, whereas Party members must have a special Party permit to be allowed outside 100 miles of their home, and checking points existed to check Party members' ID.
             Although they form a large part of the population, the Party doesn't seem to find it worthwhile to indoctrinate the proles, as it does the lower Party members. It keeps them happy by keeping them supplied with porno
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