octopus_ink@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYep, you did.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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minus-squareUrfgurgle@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOrwell was a leftist who wrote from a leftist perspective. 1984 is about Stalinism specifically and totalitarianism generally. It is not about communism, unless your definition of “communism” only includes the Soviet variety.
minus-squareAwesomo85@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago“We’ve never seen REAL Communism!!” That line is older and more tired than my 92 year old uncle.
Orwell was a leftist who wrote from a leftist perspective. 1984 is about Stalinism specifically and totalitarianism generally. It is not about communism, unless your definition of “communism” only includes the Soviet variety.
“We’ve never seen REAL Communism!!”
That line is older and more tired than my 92 year old uncle.