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RE: "Arguing Without Being A**holes" >>> Civil Discourse ... An Exemplar
All this talk of decentralisation and governments controlling everything and we have come full circle. Animal farm by George Orwell comes to mind. Great article. I’m glad I picked this today #steemitbloggers
@blanchy,
Turns out that Orwell was prophetic. The antagonist in 1984, The Party, was modeled after "English Socialism" (hence, the name of the political party, Ingsoc, in the book) ... and Orwell was an English socialist! Even though he believed in the underlying philosophy, he was shocked by the "ideological extremists" of his own movement ... the people trying to turn a "manner of political organization" into a "religion." The book was VERY controversial when first published.
Quill
Nice to see that hashtag : #steemitbloggers ... smart people, making smart people ... smarter.