yet_another_commie@lemmygrad.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 24 hours agoAnti-Leninists, what is something you'd like to tell tankies that we actually never heard?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareAnti-Leninists, what is something you'd like to tell tankies that we actually never heard?yet_another_commie@lemmygrad.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNemo's public admirer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-223 hours agoIsn’t 1984 a fictional book? Have heard people say online that Inventing Reality and Manufactured Consent are better than that for analysis. Haven’t read any of those books tho. Which would be better?
minus-squaredeadcatbounce@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-223 hours ago1984 was intended as fictional. Eric Blair wrote it in 1948. I’m not sure that it is anymore. His books are all pretty good. “Down and out in Paris and London” (or is it London and Paris? It’s been a minute) is one of my favourites.
minus-squarerichieadler 🇦🇷linkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoDon’t you mean George Orwell? And yes, it’s fictional, but it’s a condemnation of Stalinism.
minus-squaredeadcatbounce@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-222 hours agoGeorge Orwell’s real name was Eric Blair. Blair was a communist, from what I remember, but started to see what socialism was really like and gradually reverted his attitude. Animal Farm is along the same line but an easy read for kids.
minus-square∞🏳️⚧️Edie [it/its, she/her, fae/faer, love/loves, null/void, des/pair, none/use name]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-222 hours agoRacist, imperial cop, rapist, worker hating, Eric Blair? That guy?
minus-squaredeadcatbounce@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·22 hours agoI know he started as a communist/socialist but began to change his mind over time. His books changed their political leanings over time; for my interpretation at least.
Isn’t 1984 a fictional book?
Have heard people say online that Inventing Reality and Manufactured Consent are better than that for analysis.
Haven’t read any of those books tho.
Which would be better?
1984 was intended as fictional. Eric Blair wrote it in 1948.
I’m not sure that it is anymore.
His books are all pretty good. “Down and out in Paris and London” (or is it London and Paris? It’s been a minute) is one of my favourites.
Don’t you mean George Orwell?
And yes, it’s fictional, but it’s a condemnation of Stalinism.
George Orwell’s real name was Eric Blair.
Blair was a communist, from what I remember, but started to see what socialism was really like and gradually reverted his attitude.
Animal Farm is along the same line but an easy read for kids.
Racist, imperial cop, rapist, worker hating, Eric Blair? That guy?
I know he started as a communist/socialist but began to change his mind over time.
His books changed their political leanings over time; for my interpretation at least.