"Big Brother" & Totalitarian Governments:::

Before writing this post, I was a little unclear of what totalitarian meant so I looked it up and two definitions came up as a result. The first definition is " of or relating to a centered government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises doctored control over many aspects of life." The second is, " exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of other." In my opinion, Oceania is precisely a totalitarian government. This " Big Brother" idea is just a tactic to scare the people into having the same opinions. I guess that can seem ideal if you want a society where everyone agrees on everything and no one fights against the rules. Which is the only upside ( if there even is an upside) to a totalitarian government. On page 268, in the midst of Winston being tortured, O'Brien explains what kind of government "the Party" is running. O'Brien says, " That is the world we are preparing, Winston. A world of victory, triumph after triumph after triumph: an endless pressing, pressing,pressing upon the nerve of power. You are beginning, I can see, to realize what that world would be like, But in the end you will dos more then understand it. You will accept it, welcome it, become a part of it. O'Brien, in this quote, is basically explaining what there government is and why it functions the way it does. " Triumph, after triumph, after triumph.." I really like this quote that I pulled off of page 268. I just can't comprehend why you'd want triumph after triumph. In my opinion you can 't feel triumph if you don't feel failure first. With only triumph, in our country, there would be no Declaration of Independence because Britain would just automatically agree to what we want them to agree. If our past was altered to triumph after triumph we would have no past to learn from. It was just be depressing day after depressing day just always "winning" but on the inside you are empty. I just can not comprehend putting human beings under such strict rules just because you( the government) don't want to deal with disagreements and just want to "win". That isn't even living to me. That's just existing for no reason. I understand that it can be hard to please a whole country however, this "life" these robots are living was never a solution. Do you guys agree with me that having your freedom is more important than safety?