Just had a conversation with a random about covid at an interstate rest stop. Told me I should read a book called 1984. He said it's a free book online should check out. BOOM ?. Keep red pilling. 1984 ?
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That's an ad hominem, not an argument.
Great literature can be written by any political persuasion. If they're trying to make a political statement, it'll be garbage (Handmaid's Tale is a great example ... It's an attack on the right ... It'll never be timeless literature ... Once the entire concept of a leftist disintegrates, that book will read like gobbledygook) ... if they're focusing on a common truth all people share, it'll open up anyone's eyes.
In the case of 1984, it doesn't matter if the ruling party believes in a capitalist economy or socialist one ... doesnt matter if it is a "free" society or a communist one ... Facts are that any kind of government can be twisted into something vile. All of them look great in theory, but they all can fail once human beings are involved.
Handmaid's Tale is ironic in that it's an attack on the right while in reality it's the left trying to pull that sort of bullshit.
https://www.sott.net/article/389382-Setting-the-record-straight-George-Orwell-didnt-spy-for-British-Intelligence-nor-was-he-a-crypto-Right-winger