Why does the Party want power just to have power in 1984?

Question: Why does the Party want power just to have power in 1984!?

Why does O'Brien assert this on Winston!? I got really confused at this part of the book! Can someone explain this to me!? Sparknotes didn't help very much!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The whole book is about power!. Every living thing seeks power in life!. So when a tyrannic government has taken power, it must continue to hold, and expand this power!. It must keep people down, keep them stupid and willing!. All animals and living things do this, whether it's trees reaching over eachother for more sunlight, or governments fighting over land and resources, or the psychological power that bullies try and usurp over weaker children!. So power must maintain itself or it will fail!.Www@QuestionHome@Com