Okay. Sure, but Orwell's criticisms of Britain were grounded in having been a colonial policeman and having been homeless in Britain.
His criticisms of the Soviet Union were grounded in seeing them suppress the revolutionary left in Spain during the civil war.
He was criticizing both in order to advocate for the kind of socialist politics he'd be exposed to in Spain.
A lot of elements were clearly references to Britain, the tenements, the bucolic aesthetic of the proles, the rampant censorship, the forever wars, etc.
Okay. Sure, but Orwell's criticisms of Britain were grounded in having been a colonial policeman and having been homeless in Britain.
His criticisms of the Soviet Union were grounded in seeing them suppress the revolutionary left in Spain during the civil war.
He was criticizing both in order to advocate for the kind of socialist politics he'd be exposed to in Spain.
A lot of elements were clearly references to Britain, the tenements, the bucolic aesthetic of the proles, the rampant censorship, the forever wars, etc.