I understand that Animal Farm is a satire of Stalin and the russian revolution, but I don't understand the message that is trying to tell us.

The book is about a group of farm animals that is being oppressed by the farmers, so the animals, commanded by the pigs overthrow the farmers and the animals get in control but in reality is the pigs who end up controlling the farm and they are as bad as the farmer.

So to me the message is simple: "don't revolt, don't try to change the status quo, nothing will change if you try, so don't do it"

      • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. But uhhh this time uhhh just uh Pokémon go to the polls

        • TrashCompact [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I think it's that the tyrants are all somewhere else now. The Tree of Liberty just sent me a telegram that it's actually really thirsty for Putin's blood. Yeah, that's how this metaphor works.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That is one of the real headscratchers of American life. "Revolutionary violence doesn't solve anything except exactly one time when it solved all of this country's problems and lead to the creation of our glorious, divinely ordained and faultless republic. But don't you dare get any ideas."

      • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        That's where the hagiography of the founding fathers come in. When you combine the two, it becomes "revolution always leads to societal ruin except for the revolutionary war because the founding fathers were just that smart."