@chimera 1984 criticised certain totalitarian tendencies that we have seen over the political spectrum. It's not a condemnation of communism or socialism given the fact that Orwell was throughout his life an outspoken socialist and anti-fascist.
The criticisms Orwell puts out were on point and important but they came from a position of "we need to do this right" which he outlined in his essays a lot.
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Given the examples of the establishment of socialist/communist regimes that we have seen in real life, there seems to be a pattern that we cannot ignore, always aiming at […]
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