It is divorced but not on purpose, Ingsoc means English Socialism in 1984's simplified speech. It's meant to be socialism, Orwell's whole deal is basically his personal beef with stalin because he's a dumb bougie trotskyist snitch who had a bad experience fighting in spain.
It's not even about nazis or "totalitarianism", it's purely just about stalin with almost no attempt at changing the story to be about something broader or more profound. I recommend aasimov's review of 1984, it's a great funny read.
It's explicitly meant to be socialist in name only, just like how the Nazis appropriated socialist language. The society in 1984 is not socialist and it's not intended to be taken that way.
It is divorced but not on purpose, Ingsoc means English Socialism in 1984's simplified speech. It's meant to be socialism, Orwell's whole deal is basically his personal beef with stalin because he's a dumb bougie trotskyist snitch who had a bad experience fighting in spain. It's not even about nazis or "totalitarianism", it's purely just about stalin with almost no attempt at changing the story to be about something broader or more profound. I recommend aasimov's review of 1984, it's a great funny read.
It's explicitly meant to be socialist in name only, just like how the Nazis appropriated socialist language. The society in 1984 is not socialist and it's not intended to be taken that way.
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