Orwell's great mistake was a kind of intellectual vanity. He thought that at the heart of totalitarianism, there would always be an O'Brien—a fanatical true believer who can nonetheless explain everything to dissidents. The idea of fools all the way to the top was too frightening
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Thanks for the tip! I'm now several chapters in -- Mirra Ginsburg's translation is beautiful and poetic. It is clear.
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Some of that is Zamyatin!
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