George Orwell was deep into the Fabian Socialist circles, saw real communists in action up close in Spain, and certainly had a brilliant mind when it came to extrapolating things like these into the future...
Reading Anthony Beevors giant tome on the Spanish Civil War I remember well the picture I got of the active communists during that pivotal event, their ability to destroy and grab power was ever present, as it is today!
George Orwell was deep into the Fabian Socialist circles, saw real communists in action up close in Spain, and certainly had a brilliant mind when it came to extrapolating things like these into the future...
Reading Anthony Beevors giant tome on the Spanish Civil War I remember well the picture I got of the active communists during that pivotal event, their ability to destroy and grab power was ever present, as it is today!