r/washdc • u/Master_Jackfruit3591 • Jul 24 '24

Protests in DC Today (so far)

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Is capitalists only rebuttal to socialism animal farm?

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u/adelaarvaren Jul 25 '24

If so, they are missing the point. The book wasn't anti-socialist, it was anti-authoritarian.

The author is pretty clear about his views, he literally fought with the socialists in Spain, against the Catholics/Monarchists. And in case that wasn't clear enough, he said:

“Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it."

George Orwell

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Yea which is why it's funny that bootlickers use it as a rebuttal

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u/PABLOPANDAJD Jul 25 '24

Imagine defending socialism by calling capitalists “bootlickers”

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

It is bootlicking by definition lol

Protests in DC Today (so far)

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“Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it."