Animal Farm
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Re: Animal Farm
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the book. I have read the book many, many times & will probably read it many times more~but the first time I had
no idea that it was in any way political. By the third reading I figured it out.
I've never liked politics. People have asked me why & I have asked them if they have ever read Animal Farm because
in my honest opinion~this is what all politics boil down to. I also tip my hat to George Orwell for having the courage to
pen this book because at the time, it was dangerous for him to do so.
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Well put.tilde333 wrote:I would like to comment on the original question posed. I agree that the animals lacked any semblance of the principle of subsidiarity and so were doomed to be like sheep. As subjects of a large governments we too can fall prey to bureaucracy instead of handle what problems we can at the lowest level possible. A renewed effort in this area could reduce the problem of elites who perpetrate the cause of "some animals are more equal than others".
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This is my favourite quote from the book.
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself."
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LovelyMonroe wrote:I really enjoyed Animal Farm as a kid. Although, I really didn't understand the underlying meaning until I read it as an adult. I could see the humans and animals behavior was very similar. Power tends to change some people, or animals in this case.
Power changes everything.
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