You are not Winston. You are not in the Party. You are a prole. The party doesn't give a shit about what you think, do or say. The only exception is if you pose a meaningful threat to the Party. In which case, the Republican-Democrat Party, the Capitalist Party of the United States of America will threaten you, disappear you, etc, etc, just like they have done to every threat in American history.

    • CommCat [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Orwell was a racist, antisemetic and homophobic, besides ratting out Communist and fellow travellers. Beside each name, he also noted that they were Jews, homosexuals and in the case of Black activists like Paul Robeson, he labelled him "anti-white". You know who uses the term "anti-white" nowadays, the far-right white nationalists/supremacists, and they love Orwell.

    • ComradeRat [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      setting aside the issue of Stalinism, Orwell sold out a lot of comrades to the government. Orwell bad

        • ComradeRat [he/him, they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Fuck if I know. It's a damn long list, and I don't really care if they supported Stalin. You don't send the police names. Here's the list if you wanna look through it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwell%27s_list

          • gammison [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            He gave those names while in a sanitarium for late stage tuberculosis. Don't forget that either. He was pretty out of it by the time the people looking for the list showed up.

          • notthenameiwant [he/him]
            2·
            4 years ago

            Steinbeck and Chaplin are the only two I recognize. Kind of shitty on his part.