The sheer emotional and intellectual toll of living under a regime of continuous lies cannot be overlooked as a factor in its failure. Citizens are forced to maintain a public face of conformity while harboring private doubts, a double-life that is psychologically exhausting. This pervasive cynicism, though initially hidden, becomes a collective reservoir of discontent. When the moment comes for collective action, the dam of suppressed emotion breaks, revealing a profound and widespread disloyalty that the regime's propaganda had convinced itself did not exist.
