[Boogieman]

“Orwell is a modern prophet, IMO.”

No, prophets predict the future. Orwell, in Animal Farm, was recounting the past, as all those events had already happened in the Soviet Union.

History is just repeating itself now, so he looks prescient.

[DallasBiff]

History is just repeating itself now, so he looks prescient

Well Orwell did predict, what is happening today, that should mean something.

[jmacusa]

Orwell was neither a prophet or preacher. "1984'' and "Animal Farm'' were warnings about power and what people will do to achieve, use it and hold on to it.