No.36359
>>36358The other thing that grinds my gears is the right-wingers who apparently think that Big Brother is the name of the government, or at least the surveillance state (instead of the Thought Police).
Big Brother is the name of their charismatic, strongman leader that their whole society has a cult of personality around.
No.36360
Very few people actually read that crap book and mostly just regurgitate what others have said. If they did they'd realize what nonsense it is or do some self-reflecting of their ego.
No.36361
>>363581984 is always been a garbage book. It's actually based more on Britian than anything about the Soviet Union. Orwell never even visited or even researched the Soviet Union at all.
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No.36364
Only the gifted classes in America are mandated to read 1984. The normies are kept more retarded
No.36365
>>36361it's really funny that george orwell was a part of an extremely oppressive state apparatus, both as a colonial officer and as an informant for the british government and then he went on to write a book about a spooky alternate reality where the government is repressing people like him as well
No.36366
>>36358George Orwell? Who is that? Isn't he that liberal who provided a list of names to MI6 of people who would be unsuitable to write anti-communist propaganda?
Seems like a lovely guy…
No.36369
>>36365Well, if you remember, Winston (the protagonist) is a member of the Party and works for the Ministry of Truth.
No.36370
>>36361I would argue that 1984 is worth reading, except not as a critique of communism or fascism, but as a critique of British politics, and Anglophone politics by extention.
No.36371
>>36369Is he a self-insert? Like is he Orwell's way of saying "I'm sorry bros I know I am a piece of shit but they made rats nibble on my earlobes"?
No.36372
>>36371Orwell didn't get coerced into working for British Intelligence he got honey-potted like the sex pest he is.
His contact/handler was a very attractive British woman whom he desperately wanted to get it on with.
No.36373
>>36372wow women are truly evil