I think the author’s intent was for 1984 to be read as anticommunist propaganda.
He had to flee Spain to avoid being arrested by Stalinists in the Spanish civil war, when they suddenly declared their Anarchist and Trotskyist allies (whom Orwell was fighting alongside) to be 'Secret fascists' [1] and began to round them up to for uh... Fun times by all.
Its author was a paid propagandist and a snitch who reported queers, jews, and other minorities as well as communists to the British state. It belongs to the right and is a caricature politics at best. This should be obvious from the way far right governments like the US make kids read it.
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DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
What a stupid question.
davel@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
I think the author’s intent was for 1984 to be read as anticommunist propaganda.
Previously:
More receipts here.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
He had to flee Spain to avoid being arrested by Stalinists in the Spanish civil war, when they suddenly declared their Anarchist and Trotskyist allies (whom Orwell was fighting alongside) to be 'Secret fascists' [1] and began to round them up to for uh... Fun times by all.
So yeah that tracks.
[1] Homage to Catalonia, Chapters 10 and 11
davel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I’m aware; I’ve read it. Considering everything else about Orwell, I don’t think he was a very reliable narrator of events during the civil war.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y
Its author was a paid propagandist and a snitch who reported queers, jews, and other minorities as well as communists to the British state. It belongs to the right and is a caricature politics at best. This should be obvious from the way far right governments like the US make kids read it.
tlariv@mastodon.cloud · -4 pts · 1y
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
Says the account with 0 followers
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davel@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
Zeroth of all, this is Lemmy, not Mastodon; followers aren’t a thing here. And first of all, follower-shaming is cringe.
Arthur@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 1y
Damn, please be respectful of other users while on literature.cafe.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
... how in the fuck is that relevant?