Yes, doesn’t change the message of Animal Farm though. The typical collapse of a socialist society under the weight of the elites.
Sure it does, it is a criticism of a communist society and principles as practiced by the USSR, and especially against authoritarian utopian states, not a charge against left-leaning ideology, which would not make sense keeping in mind the author’s own views.
So you are into fiction that uses a lot of obscure words?
I have trouble remembering what I read, and I keep most books I’ve read in storage so I have less stuff to move from apartment to apartment. But these are in my small pile right now
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Psychology - race)
Mindless Eating: Why we Eat More Than We Think (Psychology - satiety)
Reminsces of a Stock Operator (Finance: Pretty sure this is required reading in finance)
Waking Up by Sam Harris (Philosphy/Psychology - spirtuality)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Finance: Pretty sure this is required reading in finance)
The Game by Neil Strauss (Dude, what did you expect? Got to get the girls bro)
I was a bit disappointed by this book. I enjoyed the first half but the second half is just about how he is normal and everyone else around him is crazy. By far the best book I ever read about attraction was “Models” by Mark Manson.
If you’re into fiction, read catch-22. You can’t take it seriously though. There’s a part where this guy buys eggs for $0.07 and sells them for $0.05 each and makes a profit. I kept rereading this part to figure out how he does it. I had to look it up online to try and understand but it turns out it is part of the satire.
Read both Malcolm G’s books - not surprised they were not mentioned because both could be summarized on a page-long summary. He’s got a talent of writing books that go “damn this is amazing”… to “omg there is gonna be this epiphomy in the end” to “as per usual he outlined the whole book in first 20 pages”. Nonetheless I did read them in their entirety so jokes on me I guess? lol
The left of today is not the left of Orwell’s time.
Just finishing up Light on Life. Man every sentence in that book is pure wisdom. Nobody understands the human condition better than the yogis.