[Karishma1234]

What truly impresses me is Orwell's ability to see through the propaganda and then engage in its meta-details.

It was only after moving to USA I realized some things which I took for granted were basically propaganda and there are "other sides" which I need to consider. I could not have come to that conclusion without youtube and the diversity of thoughts in American society.

I really wonder how Orwell could see through things like this without the Youtube and Internet. Really a fine mind.

[jacobr1]

Out of curiosity, were your prior beliefs about your home country, America, or global civilization? Would you mind sharing a few of them?

> I really wonder how Orwell could see through things

While he certainly had a fine mind and intellectual curiosity, it also seems he required exposure to different cultures, places, and events such as the Spanish civil war. Your own experiences provide similar anecdote, and my own travels certainly reinforce they idea.