It's really fucking insulting that Musk wore that "What Would Orwell Think?" shirt, itself Orwellian. Especially because we actually *know* what Orwell would think.
I've been reading a lot of Orwell's articles and letters from around 1939-1943 and it's really eerie just how much aligns. Orwell was writing for left-leaning newsletters that literally called themselves "anti-fascist" and was more afraid than anything about the world domination of fascism and nazi'ism.
We know what Orwell would think because Orwell was literally writing about many of the same things that are happening right now, just 90 years earlier. He's very clear about what he thinks, and when he writes, you realize just how many of the same things are happening *right now*.
It's right there. We know what Orwell would think. He wrote about it.
@cwebber Hope many people interested also read about and the poetry of “Orwell’s” ex-wife Eileen. After I had chanced on reading a review of the many biographers who wrote about either “George” or Eileen. I wanted to know more about Eileen. She wrote a poem in 1934 about 1984…
Christine Lemmer-Webber
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