"the bourgeouis Communist" oof, i felt that.

anybody here NOT go to college?

Orwell was endlessly interesting.
A man of note that came through Eton college without right wing leanings.

His journalistic review of the state of the pit workers, their families and their economic plight in the north of England, in 'The Road to Wigan Pier' was very eye-opening.

I have Homage to Catalonia yet to read, but he was clearly impassioned, empathetic and willing, in his relatively short life.

Does it count if I come from a working-class family and did nothing career-wise with my college education except bury myself in government-assisted student debt

I'd say so. Seems like college is just an over priced high school diploma these days.

Do you find yourself citing Gramsci in conversation, tho?

I wish I was driven by a love for people like Orwell. My political motivations are a bit more abstract. I'm more driven by a hatred of systems.

Just to be absolutely clear: He didn't side with the cops, right?

He did not side with police, he just didnt like the bougie people joining the cause treating it like a trendy counter culture. To paint the picture a little better, in "The Road to Wigan Pier" Orwell said the following:

One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England.

Just Marx, I'm a poser 😔

Evil Orwell, writing 4891 as an allegory for how based policing is

Me, heartlessly: "BEING GOOD TO PEOPLE IS MORE EFFICIENT"

THANK YOU! I FOUND THIS VERY INSPIRATIONAL! CONSIDER BOOKING AN APPEARANCE ON OPRAH!