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minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·6 days agoI read Homage to Catalonia and I can’t bring myself to shit on Orwell without understanding his perspective. And, yes, compartively, life in the domestic UK was better than in the USSR. Where would you rather be living in 1947? 1957? 1967? 1977?
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days ago life in the domestic UK was better than in the USSR And what about life in the British colonies? The problem with people like Orwell is that they’re only concerned with oppression when it affects people like them.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoAbslutely! I specified “domestic UK” for that very reason. Was Orwell engaging in anti-communist activity in colonies? would be my next question.
I read Homage to Catalonia and I can’t bring myself to shit on Orwell without understanding his perspective.
And, yes, compartively, life in the domestic UK was better than in the USSR. Where would you rather be living in 1947? 1957? 1967? 1977?
And what about life in the British colonies? The problem with people like Orwell is that they’re only concerned with oppression when it affects people like them.
Abslutely! I specified “domestic UK” for that very reason.
Was Orwell engaging in anti-communist activity in colonies? would be my next question.