• SowTheWind [none/use name]
    8·
    4 年前

    No he was full on anarchist and praised the complete equality that they implemented in Catalonia. He hated the liberals and Stalinists who opposed it.

    Do some basic reading. At least read Chapter 5 of Homage to Catalonia where he breaks down what happened and where all the opposing forces (fascists, liberals, Trots, Stalinists, and anarchists) stood

    You and I are 100x more larpers than someone who was part of a revolution and shot fascists.

      • SowTheWind [none/use name]
        6·
        4 年前

        Name those historians and their work. Like no shit liberals and MLs dont like being blamed for losing in Spain, so they have their own version of events. But let's hear their counter arguments

          • SowTheWind [none/use name]
            1·
            4 年前

            Okay I had time to read this. This corroborates Orwell's account. He knows the Stalinists' arguments well, he states them in Homage to Catalonia, and he rebuts them. You haven't said anything new, unfortunately, I was hoping you would.

      • SowTheWind [none/use name]
        7·
        4 年前

        He joined a socialist militia thinking everyone was on the same side, until he realized the Stalinists were with the liberals and attacked the POUM and anarchists. He was in the POUM not the anarchists, but he exhuberantly praised both for instituting full equality.

          • SowTheWind [none/use name]
            4·
            4 年前

            That's close enough. What you consider "full on" is irrelevant to me. What Orwell actually wrote lovingly praising what he saw, the comraderie of everyone being equal without ranks and differential pay, is incredible to read.

              • SowTheWind [none/use name]
                3·
                4 年前

                Didn't move anything. Being pedantic isnt a virtue. And you're the only one here being an asshole, so have fun with that