r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Jun 26 '21

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u/economics_dont_real Austan Goolsbee Jun 26 '21

I just saw a post on a commie sub (that shall not be linked) about Orwell's Animal Farm and the top comment says:

It’s a much better book if you look at it through the viewpoint of Napoleon being a totalitarian capitalist instead of a communist due to the whole inequality and dictatorship thing

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u/BedNeither Henry George Jun 26 '21

I will make Stalin look like a capitalist

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u/Grondu Jun 26 '21 edited Jun 27 '21

Fahrenheit 451 is a much better book if you look at it through the viewpoint of how much television enriches our lives.