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HoyaGoon's avatar

Same with people invoking Orwell. Or the Bible, apparently.

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James Stoner's avatar

Unlike Adam Smith or Karl Marx (both OK in small doses), Orwell was and remains a great read. Huxley, too, if you want to go there.

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Christopher Wood's avatar

Certainly the latter --- except for the chapters and verses in the Old Testament with all the smiting of one's enemies and the incest! Both induce a pant snake in certain "religious" types.

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MillennialExistential's avatar

There's nothing better than people who cite Orwell to argue against socialism.

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