“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.”
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/02/amusing-ourselves-to-death-neil-postman-trump-orwell-huxley
I see both methods in play. But the Orwellian idea of rewriting history works better when the people have their minds full of inconsequential junk.
The “Ukraine invaded Russia” and the “Zelenskyy is a dictator” re-write was terrible to behold. On the other hand, I could go to a public place and rant about it, and most people would probably say, “Who’s Zelenskyy?”