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I know it's cliche by this point. But this one misattributed^1^ quote has become more prescient than ever.
They've learned that giving us new shiny shit every year will keep the majority of us mollified against all kinds of injustice.
^1^ - Commonly credited to George Orwell's novel. It's actually from the stage play adaptation.
I wouldn't glorify Orwell, he was violently reactionary, even Anarchists fighting alongside him questioned why he wasn't on the "other side." He had a deeply aristocratic worldview, admired Hitler, and despised the Working Class for their "stupidity." I recommend reading On Orwell as well as A Critical Read of Animal Farm.
Not glorifying Orwell. I'm aware of his history. The quote actually belongs to either Robert Icke or Duncan MacMillan; the two men who wrote the stage adaptation. Politics aside, it's a fitting quote.
Fair enough! Just wanted to point it out as I think he leads a legacy dangerous to the left.
Essentially, we get to eat cake every so often, while bread rapidly becomes unaffordable.
If you just give everyone unlimited bread sticks most people never even make it to the entree, and I don't think that's a bad thing.
funny how such a big anticommunist meaning to predict socialism just ended up predicting capitalism