寫《1984》的奧威爾曾說過：一個獨裁政權實際上是政教合一的。

A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible. But since, in practice, no one is infallible, it is frequently necessary to rearrange past events in order to show that this or that mistake was not made, or that this or that imaginary triumph actually happened.” ― George Orwell

一個獨裁國家實際上是政教合一的。統治層為了保持它們的地位，必須在他人心中永遠正確。可是現實中沒人能永遠正確，所以經常要做的一件事就是重新安排曆史來說明這個或那個錯誤沒出現過，或這個或那個想象的勝利的確發生過。