Seems a bit messed up to drag people who aren’t involved in your beef across the mud

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I don't remember if this is explicitly stated in the book but I think it's implied that the IngSoc party got to power by opportunistically riding a wave of popular discontent. So the people at the top of the system knew that they weren't actually socialist but they used the language and imagery of socialists, jUsT lIkE tHe EvIl SoViEt RuSsIaNs.

    • solaranus
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      1 year ago

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      • MoreLikeHazBeen [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        https://redsails.org/jones-on-animal-farm/

        the proles are too stupid for revolution

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      A party that got into power by calling themselves socialists while not actually being socialist?

      galaxy-brain very-intelligent: This is just like RUSSIA!