10 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 11 Nov \ on: The Complex Legacy of George Orwell Politics_And_Law
I didn't know he was a socialist when I read 1984 and after reading Animal Farm I wondered. Then when I learned that he was a socialist is all made since.
We watched the 1990s movie adeptation of Animal Farm and it is very clearly anti Soviet socialism but very much for the wrong reasons. It doesn't really demonstrate the real core issues with socialism.
I don't think most Americans understand this either. Nor how much socialism has long been a massive influence on the US.
Yeah, as I’ve said before the mismatched comparison of socialism-to-be and free-market-as-it-is makes it hard for some people to understand what is going on. If they made the comparison of socialism-as-it-is and free-market-as-it-is, they would probably have a different outlook on communism and free-markets.
The Black Book of Communism has the results of communism laid out for you. The picture is not one I would call rosy, even if it is as red as it is.
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