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minus-squareepicshepich@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoWhen I read it, I was frustrated that it was a socialist dystopia, but I think it holds up as a valid critique of surveillance-state authoritarianism, regardless of the x-coordinate on the political compass.
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoSpecifically Stalinist dystopia Orwell was a socialist
When I read it, I was frustrated that it was a socialist dystopia, but I think it holds up as a valid critique of surveillance-state authoritarianism, regardless of the x-coordinate on the political compass.
Specifically Stalinist dystopia
Orwell was a socialist