True. without much context other than knowing animal farm was written against the soviet union for example, it’s easy to think that.
Orwell becomes an anti-leftist icon.
Honestly this is a really interesting phenomenon, where very famous figures being leftist/socialist is conveniently left out. MLK, Einstein, Orwell, Picasso, Nelson Mandela. They were all socialists yet that is not taught.
The US school system does not allow for truth to be more complicated than “COMMUNISTS BAD, AMERICA GOOD”.
Anything more complex and nuanced than that and the poor kids would get an aneurysm from to much thinking
True. without much context other than knowing animal farm was written against the soviet union for example, it’s easy to think that.
Honestly this is a really interesting phenomenon, where very famous figures being leftist/socialist is conveniently left out. MLK, Einstein, Orwell, Picasso, Nelson Mandela. They were all socialists yet that is not taught.
The US school system does not allow for truth to be more complicated than “COMMUNISTS BAD, AMERICA GOOD”.
Anything more complex and nuanced than that and the poor kids would get an aneurysm from to much thinking