Orwell learned his cynicism the hard way as a volunteer soldier in the Spanish civil war 1936-37. He arrived as an idealistic anti fascist fighter. After exper

Orwell learned his cynicism the hard way as a volunteer soldier in the Spanish civil war 1936-37. He arrived as an idealistic anti fascist fighter. After experiencing Stalinism in person, he became the man we know. https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/commentaries/how-spains-civil-war-defined-george-orwell-politically/ https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/commentaries/how-spai...