George orwell didnt write 1984 or animal farm about capitalism. Those books are directed squarely at communism. Whether he didnt like capitalism or not.Sure are a lot of references to 1984. Did. You guys know that George Orwell hated capitalism and fought alongside the anarchists in the Spanish civil war? Just sayin’
Why is it that the only things people seem to reference are those two books? 1984 was about totalitarianism. Animal Farm was about ousting capitalism for communism which ended up being the same situation with different benefactors. Homage to Catalonia was autobiographical and about the Spanish civil war (that I referenced). Orwell didn’t like Marxist/Leninist communism either. He would have likely considered himself a democratic socialist. But hey, thanks!
Thanks for the wiki summary.
I was reading Orwell, political theory and history well before Wikipedia existed.
He would have probably had them choose that name because many governments have and do choose names that sound altruistic. Even though they do not actually govern based on the definition. He also called the Ministry of war the “ministry of peace”. All of the names were ironic. Retyping an example I just used….
One could only hope. People frequently misunderstand that private companies/private venues such as this can moderate as they see fit, and they don’t have to take your “rights” or feelings into account. Regardless, I agree with many. This is a great reference site for hunting tactics and gear. Leave the politics somewhere else, particularly if they don’t involve wildlife management.
To tag onto that. If he (@NMTGrad) responds it only gives away the fact that he (she?) isn’t serious about the question/statement. There are way more threads not involving politics.
I'll keep my opinion on this to myself.....wouldn't want to spread any disinformation.
@Wyobohunter, what's so funny?
Since this is not a democracy one could say they never did.
That has been happening for a looong time my friend. Check out “Understanding Power” by Noam Chomsky. I put the little laugh emoji because anyone that voluntarily carries a little tracking device with them wherever they go and somehow believes that the government is out to control them clearly doesn’t understand that corporations have been doing that virtually forever. We’ve just empowered them to do it more effectively. The government is a tool of the corporations. The corporations don’t much care about our best interests. Occasionally someone or a group does something to force corporations to do the right thing. Like creating OSHA, MSHA and the EPA. But overall the government is Kabuki theater and we pay a helluva lot for the tickets. I bet we generally agree on that.
