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minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoSome of it was experience. The overarching theme of 1984 was the inevitable betrayal, which was a concept he grappled with most of his life.
minus-squareFundMECFS@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 days agoWell I think most of his life is a bit much. I think specifically it’s his experience when he fought in Catalonia for the anti-authoritarian Marxists (POUM) having the Stalin backed communists betray POUM and kill and imprison his comrades.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoIt definitely fuelled a few decades of his writing.
minus-squarelazyViking@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoI wish I was smart enough to understand what you guys are arguing about discussing
Some of it was experience. The overarching theme of 1984 was the inevitable betrayal, which was a concept he grappled with most of his life.
Well I think most of his life is a bit much. I think specifically it’s his experience when he fought in Catalonia for the anti-authoritarian Marxists (POUM) having the Stalin backed communists betray POUM and kill and imprison his comrades.
It definitely fuelled a few decades of his writing.
I wish I was smart enough to understand what you guys are
arguing aboutdiscussing