r/georgeorwell

“It seems to me that when you take a man’s money away he’s fit for nothing more that moment.” p.147

Truly an eye-opener on what kind of system we’re living in and a small idea on what’s missing.

The spike system stuck with me most, the way the homeless are shuffled from one squalid lodging to the next, never allowed to rest or settle, treated as a problem to be moved along rather than people to be helped.

And Orwell is sharp on how beggars are looked down upon. As he points out, a beggar isn’t really so different from anyone else trying to earn a living, the only difference is that he fails to make money, and that alone is enough for society to hold him in contempt.

It feels like there’s so much wrong with the way things are that it all seems hopeless.

Anyone I mention this book to has told me they haven’t ever heard of it. I ended up reading it because I found it in a library. Has anyone else read this?

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.---George Orwell, Animal Farm

How good a book is 1984 George Orwell?

I made the mistake of watching the new Animal farm movie, and while they got a great cast and hit almost all of the story beats… they decided to make it Trolls 2 and toss in a mega corporation a completely new character, and a more or less happy ending… Orwell would be spinning in his grave fast enough to make enough electricity to power a small city. Which is a shame considering the people involved in this should have known better. Come on **Andy Serkis!**

From Dorian Lynskey.