“It was even possible, at moments, to switch one's hatred this way or that by a voluntary act.” (15)

This phrase is as counter-intuitive as they come and yet Orwell uses it to perfectly sum up everything for which The Party stands. From The Party's viewpoint, no one is hated until they are hated – that is, that any action may result in an individual crossing the line from ally to threat. Said action could have even been approved of previously: all that matters is that if The Party deems an individual to be an enemy there is nothing that can be done to reverse that decision. The Party does not operate logically but instead on whims that cannot be predetermined. Citizens of Oceania live in constant fear that today might be the day that the government takes a dislike to them and erases them form the public record forever.