Orwell was writing about authoritarianism in general, no matter which vestments it chooses to cloak itself in. Nineteen Eighty-Four was inspired primarily by st

Orwell was writing about authoritarianism in general, no matter which vestments it chooses to cloak itself in. Nineteen Eighty-Four was inspired primarily by stalinism, but also nazism, dealing with nationalism, antisemitism, surveillance and censorship as its topics, which were widely used by both regimes (and many others). He saw himself as a democratic socialist, and the horrors of stalinism didn't make him give up socialism, it affirmed his belief that democratic socialism was the way to go, in contrast to the tyranny of the USSR.