He hated the commies for what they did in the Spanish Civil War. They fought their allies, the socialists and anarchists as they were not left wing enough to be considered true revolutionaries, never mind that the socialists and anarchists were winning the war against the falangists.
He went on to say that the communists were very fond of denouncing anyone who did not toe the line on correct thinking, the worst ones for doing that were the communist women. The communists lost that war by the usual trick, divide and rule.
Orwell was not warning us, but actually providing the totalitarians with instructions on how to put the thumb on his countrymen.
Orwell was one of them, so don't think of him as a good guy.
Here @11:21
Read Homage to Catalonia.
He hated the commies for what they did in the Spanish Civil War. They fought their allies, the socialists and anarchists as they were not left wing enough to be considered true revolutionaries, never mind that the socialists and anarchists were winning the war against the falangists.
He went on to say that the communists were very fond of denouncing anyone who did not toe the line on correct thinking, the worst ones for doing that were the communist women. The communists lost that war by the usual trick, divide and rule.