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Very interesting read and some timely quotes for the present as well: "But how much of the present slide towards Fascist ways of thought is traceable to the ‘a
by gedy 5y ago
Very interesting read and some timely quotes for the present as well:
"But how much of the present slide towards Fascist ways of thought is traceable to the ‘anti-Fascism’ of the past ten years and the unscrupulousness it has entailed?"
- vkou 5y agoIn the Western world, its contribution pales in comparison to the efforts of actual fascism. Fortunately, our institutions have (for now) managed to survive both the beer gut putsch, and the failed president-for-life orchestrating it last year. Unfortunately, they've proven very resistant towards efforts at extracting the police state mentality of... Well, our police. In for-internal-consumption Russian/Soviet propaganda, a lot, but that's nothing new. Declaring enemies of eastern block imperialism 'fascists' has been a rallying cry for repression in the region for quite a while. Orwell himself had quite a bit of first hand experience with that in Spain, as did Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc, etc.
- metabagel 5y agoOrwell was opposed to totalitarianism, whether aligned with the right or the left. But, he was basically a democratic socialist.
- slibhb 5y agoIf Orwell was alive today he wouldn't be a DSA member.
- beebmam 5y agoCertainly true, he'd probably be an IWW member and certainly deeply anti-Trump. Similar to Noam Chomsky
- dannyobrien 5y agoUnless the rejuvenation process had profoundly re-engineered his beliefs and his nationality, he'd be a grudging Labor Party supporter with a column in the New Statesman, same as he ever was.
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