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i’ve regularly found his essays among the best of his writing.

• HideousKojima 6y ago
  My favorite essay of his is "What is Fascism?" It shows that, even before actual self-proclaimed fascist nations were defeated in WW2, the word had effectively lost all meaning and was just a pejorative: https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/e...
  • nabla9 6y ago
    Notes on Nationalism https://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat https://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat
  • mhh__ 6y ago
    Absolutely true, although I feel almost vindicated that I have been calling Trump out for what he is now since 2015 - he is the closest you'll ever get to a fascist as president. The signs were there from the start, but the overeager way some people characterize others as fascist really helped him. The only real defence I can think of the man is that he isn't intelligent enough to really formulate an ideology beyond tribal urges. The short-lived "Orange man bad" meme has not aged well. Ian Hislop has a very good introduction to Orwell's "As I please" lectures.