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creedular t1_j12zw7p wrote

1: LOL history

2: LOL history

The story is allegory, not fiction.

The communist regime under Stalin was an absolute travesty, the same is true with Mao. Socialism is a good ideal to aspire to, but the dangers Orwell talks about in his books is authoritarianism, left or right, it’s all bad.

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Razorbackalpha t1_j13ef3h wrote

Yep Orwell expands on it a lot more in 1984

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creedular t1_j13ofby wrote

The dude was a legend. Everything he did, everything he saw. The messages in time he left us. I’m privileged to have read him.

Little bit hammered rn

Still true though

GL :)

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Razorbackalpha t1_j13qmih wrote

Yeah I'm giving my 14 year old brother both animal farm and 1984 and I'm excited to see what he gets out of them

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