Because of this, actual capitalists manage to read this book and think of themselves as the good guys Orwell's critique about using capitalism as an excuse for abuse and oppression within left-wing movements turns into an actual defense of capitalism
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Yeah, that was a really bad moment.
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He's drunk too, right?
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That's Winston's classism talking, and remember, Orwell was a Brit. (And I think Orwell was taking a bit of a dig at how a "classless" society duplicates the old British system in a way)
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What I am saying is that this lacuna in the book is a big gaping hole the conservative reading comes rampaging through I'm saying it's incredibly telling that "creeping Orwellianism" is a clichéd phrase even though the Party in the novel does not creep
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Like they all have this very clear mental image of what this book is about and the book does not talk about any of this shit
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