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[Damien Walter] Is 1984 a warning against socialism? Or fascism? (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

No, you can take IngSoc at face value, Orwell was strongly in favor of democratic socialism but as much opposed to Stalinism and authoritarianism in general. He should absolutely be viewed as an anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian socialist with strong bonds to anarchy. He claimed that since his time in spain he had become a socialist, but the USSR had abandoned socialism and turned to totalitarianism.