Orwell advocated the anti-democratic system that all socialism is, but continually bemoaned the anti-democratic consequences of victory. And remember, Hillary said that the point of "1984" was, everyone should always obey the gov't.
A lifelong friend spent his college years as a commie wannabee, but I think his turning point came from two things -- one of his doinks of the time (she was tiresome to listen to, but easy), followed by his conversation at a Clash concert with an RCP (Revolutionary Communist Party) dip**** who was in his full 'look at me' regalia. After some period of time, my friend asked the clown a couple of questions and the mask came off as the brainwashing program responded.
During the 1976 POTUS campaign, a future family member had a poster for USLP Lyndon LaRouche up in his on-campus office. I'm pretty sure LL needs no introduction. Wikipedia scrubbed him from its page on the 1976 campaign, and its page on LL himself claims he went from far-left to far-right.
I've always thought that LaRouche may have / should have been the one used in that Apple "1984" commercial.
My future family member expressed concern about how LaRouche was getting money to run such a vast campaign. LaRouche blamed a lot of things on the CIA, a phenomenon perhaps best termed 'implausible undeniability'. Other practitioners claim that LaRouche himself was funded by the CIA.
The USLP/LaRouche on-campus 1976 campaign posters (unlike the big heroic-looking one in my FFM's office) had the message, "a vote for Carter will trigger thermonuclear war", and his infomercial in one of his later campaigns waxed rhapsodic about small-s socialism and how (apparently) the other kind (the only kind that actually exists) was a co-opting of what he regarded as the real kind. Yeah, that's a far-right position.
“And remember, Hillary said that the point of “1984” was, everyone should always obey the gov’t.”
OMG. She’s either just plain evil, or utterly stupid. I vote for both.