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Does Orwell’s 1984 belong to the left or the right? (thespinoff.co.nz)

submitted 2 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/fiction

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Its author was a paid propagandist and a snitch who reported queers, jews, and other minorities as well as communists to the British state. It belongs to the right and is a caricature politics at best. This should be obvious from the way far right governments like the US make kids read it.

[–] tlariv@mastodon.cloud -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Zeroth of all, this is Lemmy, not Mastodon; followers aren’t a thing here. And first of all, follower-shaming is cringe.

[–] Arthur 2 points 2 days ago

Damn, please be respectful of other users while on literature.cafe.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

... how in the fuck is that relevant?