On 19/08/2008 10:31 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:
"It is soon learned that the pigs took the milk that disappeared on
the first day, and are now mixing it into their mash. The pigs now
issue a decree stating that all windfall apples are to be gathered up
and given over for the exclusive use of the pigs. Some of the animals
are puzzled by this, and wonder why the apples are not to be shared
out equally. Squealer goes before them to explain. He tells them that
the pigs, as the leaders, must keep their brainpower up, and that
science has proven that milk and apples are essential for this."
With Communist pigs acting in such selfish fashion, no wonder Orwell
felt compelled to give the British Foreign Office a list of people he
suspected of being ”crypto-Communists and fellow travelers.” Orwell
went to great lengths to avoid being a pig apparently, even if it
involved turning himself into a rat.
Jeez, all this time I thought he was satirizing union staff and leaders!
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Michael A. Lebowitz
Professor Emeritus
Economics Department
Simon Fraser University
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Director, Programme in 'Transformative Practice and Human Development'
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