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minus-squareFundMECFS@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-23 months agoThis is like Orwell who devoted his life as a (anarchist leaning) democratic socialist to fight authoritarianism. And now authoritarian things are called “Orwellian”.
minus-squarelazyViking@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoBut it makes some sense tho, isn’t it Orwellian because it matches the horrific dystopian shit he predicted in his books?
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoSome of it was experience. The overarching theme of 1984 was the inevitable betrayal, which was a concept he grappled with most of his life.
minus-squareFundMECFS@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoWell I think most of his life is a bit much. I think specifically it’s his experience when he fought in Catalonia for the anti-authoritarian Marxists (POUM) having the Stalin backed communists betray POUM and kill and imprison his comrades.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoIt definitely fuelled a few decades of his writing.
minus-squarelazyViking@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI wish I was smart enough to understand what you guys are arguing about discussing
This is like Orwell who devoted his life as a (anarchist leaning) democratic socialist to fight authoritarianism.
And now authoritarian things are called “Orwellian”.
But it makes some sense tho, isn’t it Orwellian because it matches the horrific dystopian shit he predicted in his books?
Some of it was experience. The overarching theme of 1984 was the inevitable betrayal, which was a concept he grappled with most of his life.
Well I think most of his life is a bit much. I think specifically it’s his experience when he fought in Catalonia for the anti-authoritarian Marxists (POUM) having the Stalin backed communists betray POUM and kill and imprison his comrades.
It definitely fuelled a few decades of his writing.
I wish I was smart enough to understand what you guys are
arguing aboutdiscussing