It is interesting that one of the things fascism destroys, deliberately, is the idea of a consensual reality.
It purposely isolates its opponents into their own separate reality tunnels, bubbles, each fighting with each other while the boot crushes them.
YES. SO important. Orwell got it right. Two plus two is FIVE.
The worst part really is when they get inside your head. That's the ultimate goal. And that's about oh more than half their control I'd say. Fear of actual violence, sure, but that comes later. Too many people already surrendered.