I downvoted because 1984 is not a critique of socialism: it’s a critique of state power. Orwell himself was an anti-authoritarian communist who fought in the spanish revolution in the POUM militia.
If you haven’t read 1984 i recommend you read it again, it’s certainly not counter-revolutionary propaganda. Although at the time it certainly metaphorically highlighted some wrongdoings of USSR and other pretend-popular states, nowadays much of the book would apply to the global north as well.
Agree, Orwell was a convinced and active communist. All his novels denounce the powers of the state and the betrayal of capitalism to communist societies (Animal Farm).
I downvoted because 1984 is not a critique of socialism: it’s a critique of state power. Orwell himself was an anti-authoritarian communist who fought in the spanish revolution in the POUM militia.
If you haven’t read 1984 i recommend you read it again, it’s certainly not counter-revolutionary propaganda. Although at the time it certainly metaphorically highlighted some wrongdoings of USSR and other pretend-popular states, nowadays much of the book would apply to the global north as well.
Agree, Orwell was a convinced and active communist. All his novels denounce the powers of the state and the betrayal of capitalism to communist societies (Animal Farm).