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1984

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1984
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RE: 1984
January 13, 2022 at 3:55 am
(January 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm)paulpablo Wrote: 1984 is probably one of my favourite books. From what I read somewhere I think it was a warning about communism and tight government control.

It wasn't a warning against communism, it was a warning against authoritarianism generally. Orwell reasoned at the time of writing that if authoritarian regimes did take over, they most likely would have been Stalinist. It was just after the war after all.
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1984 - by Spongebob - January 12, 2022 at 9:36 am
RE: 1984 - by Mister Agenda - January 12, 2022 at 10:53 am
RE: 1984 - by Pat Mustard - January 12, 2022 at 3:47 pm
RE: 1984 - by brewer - January 12, 2022 at 11:49 am
RE: 1984 - by Ahriman - January 12, 2022 at 12:03 pm
RE: 1984 - by paulpablo - January 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm
RE: 1984 - by Pat Mustard - January 13, 2022 at 3:55 am
RE: 1984 - by paulpablo - January 13, 2022 at 9:15 am
RE: 1984 - by Spongebob - January 13, 2022 at 8:06 am
RE: 1984 - by Spongebob - January 16, 2022 at 5:12 pm
RE: 1984 - by Ahriman - January 16, 2022 at 5:14 pm
RE: 1984 - by Spongebob - January 16, 2022 at 5:16 pm
RE: 1984 - by Ahriman - January 16, 2022 at 5:18 pm
RE: 1984 - by Spongebob - January 16, 2022 at 5:25 pm
RE: 1984 - by The Grand Nudger - January 17, 2022 at 8:20 am



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