That isn't really a new thought though. But I realized that there are some aspects that line up. Goldstein is the guy who wrote the book on how IngSoc works. The Inner Party keeps this a secret and demonizes Golstein in the 2 Minutes of Hate for all others. The Outer Party does the bidding of the Inner Party without knowing how the whole thing works.
Goldstein is Marx, who wrote the book on how it all works, Capital. The Inner Party are wealthy elites who try to obscure or hide how IngSoc, Capitalism, really works. The Outer Party are petite-bourgeoisie. The Proles are the proletariat.
Or did I read this somewhere in the past and my brain just thought of it as if I'd just came up with it? Dang human brain.
interesting lens to view 1984 through even if Orwell was probably going for Trotsky. death of the author and all that