"Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious." page 70
The clauses are essentially the same, but the words are rearranged. In this same fashion, the meanings are reversed. The proles will not realize what power they have until someone shows them. They feel a sense of powerlessness which is a mistaken perception. A group as large as the group of proles could easily take over the Party, but they think they cannot. Because of this perception, they will not rise, but in order to gain that view, they must rise. This is the source of Winston's feeling of hopelessness. He knows that the proles have to see their power to realize it, but he knows that they will not realize it without some event that provokes that.
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