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To: shrinkermd; NicknamedBob; Eric Blair 2084
But by far the worst aspect of Homage to Catalonia is its strong advocacy of totalitarianism.

Maybe, but by 1984 he was clearly a SINO - Socialist In Name Only.

19 posted on 02/05/2007 2:09:23 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (Apathy is one of the most dangerous ideologies in existence!)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Orwell was clearly a product of his age. But it is equally clear that he was in the process of rising above some of that influence.

In my opinion he was a better man than FDR, though not as good as Churchill.


21 posted on 02/05/2007 2:37:38 PM PST by NicknamedBob (Sign says, "No dogs allowed -- except seeing-eye dogs" Why don't they put that sign down lower?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Golly gee willikers, I wonder why you would bring me into the discussion. :-)

When analyzing the works of Orwell or Huxley's "Brave New World" you have to take into account the period in which they wrote and not just look back on it with the benefit that we have of 20/20 hindsight.

Granted, Orwell was a Socialist. I'm sure he meant well...the idea sounded good in theory...everybody is equal, there is no hunger or poverty or class warfare. But this was in the 1940's, long before the experiment had proven to be a failure in reality as seen in Cuba, USSR, California.

Orwell's vision of a state in which the Gubmint used technology through telescreens which monitored their citizens every move wasn't wrong per se...he just didn't realize 60 years ago that the same technology could be used by the masses through mediums like the internet and sites like FR, or radio hosts like Rush, Hannity or Levin or cable TV with channels like FOX that could break the hold of carefully orchestrated left wing propaganda. (see the Global Warming fraud)


26 posted on 02/05/2007 7:53:40 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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