On this day in 1945 George Orwells Animal Farm was first published. It would have been sooner, but during WWII, Russia, the obvious target of Orwells satire, was still an ally, and publishers were loath to criticize an ally. Orwells great target was the hypocrisy of totalitarianism. In Animal Farm this led to the legendary line: All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Orwell called these absurd bits of logic the gramophone mind--where adherents believe nonsense instead of thinking critically. Think of the example of a person who loves the freedom of the United States and then criticizes because hey, if you have nothing to hide...
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:33:04 +0000
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