I used to like 1984 when I was still eating up Western narratives about communism and socialism, but after researching for myself about actual communism and then re-examining that book, I realized that the entire thing is a goodamn strawman. That book described neither communism nor socialism, it described some nonexistant over-the-top ideology Orwell thought up in his head. Same with Animal Farm.

So yeah, TLDR I used to be an ignorant anticommunist, but no longer.

  • AgreeableLandscape☭OP
    5•3 years ago

    The cringiest thing about 1984 for me was how he wrote that female character. It was…very weird.

    Yeah that was a very sexist portrayal. Like he thinks human women go into heat where they have to have sex or something.