I think you’ll need to justify your Orwell comment. Both Animal Farm and 1984 were works against authoritarianism of any form, and he even fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
But turning in names of authors who he wanted the government to target is completely against every single message that both of those books taught.
And no, I’m not a tankie. I am not a communist. But it bothers me that people can’t understand how that action is completely messed up of him and goes against everything he tried to say he stood for.
I think you’ll need to justify your Orwell comment. Both Animal Farm and 1984 were works against authoritarianism of any form, and he even fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
Yes and I respect him for that.
But turning in names of authors who he wanted the government to target is completely against every single message that both of those books taught.
And no, I’m not a tankie. I am not a communist. But it bothers me that people can’t understand how that action is completely messed up of him and goes against everything he tried to say he stood for.