[ExI] extropy-chat Digest, Vol 266, Issue 67

[John Clark]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> "Orwell was not a communist;*


*He certainly wasn't, he wrote "Animal Farm", probably the most famous
anti-communist satire of all time, that's why it was illegal to possess a
copy of it in the Soviet Union.  Speaking of that, I highly recommend the
movie "The Death Of Stalin", it's simultaneously hilarious and horrifying,
and that's not easy to do. *

*John K Clark  *






> he identified as a democratic socialist and
> was critical of totalitarianism, including both fascism and Stalinist
> communism. His experiences during the Spanish Civil War, particularly
> with the Communist Party, shaped his opposition to authoritarian regimes."
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
>
> https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/commentaries/how-spains-civil-war-defined-george-orwell-politically/
>
> --
> Ben
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