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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-25 months agowow i was like, ‘damn did orwell really write this dumbass quote’? then i did the bare minimum of research. snopes, reuters welcome to my blocklist. this post is really weeding out the worst of you trolls. im terrified and angry. arrow-up116file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•edit-25 months agoSo, funny story… The revelation that towards the end of his life, George Orwell had collaborated with the secret British government propaganda agency, the Information Research Department (IRD), provided conclusive proof as far as his political critics were concerned that he and his politics had always been flawed; that he had never been a reliable adherent of the socialist cause and that he had certainly abandoned that cause in his last years. Also, Orwell was literally a cop serving the British occupation of Myanmar. If he was familiar with corrupt politicians, theiving, and traitors, it was through very first hand experience. arrow-up17file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 months agoThis would be true-ish if there wasn’t a huge power imbalance and the massively powerful government didn’t manipulate the voters each with a tiny spec of power. arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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wow i was like, ‘damn did orwell really write this dumbass quote’? then i did the bare minimum of research. snopes, reuters
welcome to my blocklist. this post is really weeding out the worst of you trolls. im terrified and angry.
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added another fact check, thanks for the info
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So, funny story…
The revelation that towards the end of his life, George Orwell had collaborated with the secret British government propaganda agency, the Information Research Department (IRD), provided conclusive proof as far as his political critics were concerned that he and his politics had always been flawed; that he had never been a reliable adherent of the socialist cause and that he had certainly abandoned that cause in his last years.
Also, Orwell was literally a cop serving the British occupation of Myanmar.
If he was familiar with corrupt politicians, theiving, and traitors, it was through very first hand experience.
This would be true-ish if there wasn’t a huge power imbalance and the massively powerful government didn’t manipulate the voters each with a tiny spec of power.