I believe that Big Brother has won. There is no way for rebellion, because the proles are too segregated and underinformed to do anything, and if the Inner Party plays their cards right, no more than a couple Party members will ever rebel. Most everyone loves Big Brother, and those who are uncertain, like Winston, are kept under control by fear of the Thought Police. They can then be dealt with before they get dangerous. And there is no way Oceania will ever be overthrown by foriegners. All of the countries are just half-heartedly fighting as a way to keep their respective populations in check. No one country will ever waste their resources to actually try to overthrow another. The only way that the party can be brought down would be if some freak occurence or natural disaster threw the government off track, causing them to lose the trust of the proles.
By the end of the novel, Winston has lost all of his hopes and ideals, stripped away by torture. With nothing to fall back on, he turns to the Party's ready-made safety net: love and loyalty to Big Brother. O'Brian has already told him "In the end we shall shoot you," so Winston knows he will die, but he doesn't care, probably because of his fatalist attitude. He even wants to die, calling it the "long-hoped-for-bullet." The party has crushed his mind to the point that he is willing to follow and do anything they say, and if they want to kill him, then that must mean his death is a good thing. Basically, Smith has gone nuts, because he's much easier to control that way.
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