I think the Party members were required to have telescreens, but the proles were not because they were seen as unimportant and incapable of organizing a rebellion.
But that’s the thing, from my understanding, you don’t have to be a party member. You can become a prole. At one point, Winston and Julia discuss becoming proles but dismiss that and I assume that’s a satire of how the middle class refuse to give up their status and thus accept oppressive technology.
I think the Party members were required to have telescreens, but the proles were not because they were seen as unimportant and incapable of organizing a rebellion.
But that’s the thing, from my understanding, you don’t have to be a party member. You can become a prole. At one point, Winston and Julia discuss becoming proles but dismiss that and I assume that’s a satire of how the middle class refuse to give up their status and thus accept oppressive technology.
Correctly assumed by my recollection.