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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
by 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 agoNotes on Nationalism https://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat https://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat
- mhh__ 6y agoAbsolutely 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.