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by BurningFrog 2446 days ago
He also became very disillusioned with the left there.

Also took a bullet through the throat, which he rather miraculously survived.
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Miner49er 2446 days ago
He still wrote the book as a critique from a socialist standpoint. The whole point of the book was that the USSR was not real socialism and was damaging the Socialist movement.

He explains it in this preface: http://www.orwell.ru/library/novels/Animal_Farm/english/epfc...

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BurningFrog 2446 days ago
A wonderful and informative read, thankyou!

I'm reminded that I need to read his Catalonian book.

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