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"

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    2 years ago

    A friend of mine grew up in Kerala with an education program that was curated by the communists there.

    He told me that when he read Animal Farm, his analysis was that the pigs were like the bourgeoisie.

    • TrashCompact [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      That actually kind of works, especially with the faux-egalitarianism of liberal philosophy. In this analysis, are the farmers feudal nobility?

      Your friend sounds cool btw

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        2 years ago

        Feudal nobility, royalist colonizers, take your pick.

        Everyone is equal before the law, but...

        • TrashCompact [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

          -- Anatole France