Seems to be a foreshadowing: I think I might be Winston actually! LoL
Winston asks himself questions, how can an idea survive if the past is not allowed to exist? Both Hitler and Stalin distorted the past and rewrote history to maintain the illusion of supreme power.
This i the warning from Orwell against the Hitlers (Fascists) and Stalins (Communists) -Putin- but also against the kinds of thinking and political processes make us vulernable to more control.
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”
You miss the point entirely. Putin is your Goldstein.