Sorry ,John and Tara , for once I have to disagree with you
George Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side as a Trotsky anarchist and very quickly became aware of how the Communist Party aimed to dominate the Republicans and eliminate any internal opposition, regular purges were carried out of anyone who had a different idea.. They used the approach which Orwell then used to great effect in both Animal Farm and 1984. Read his brilliant book "Homage to Catalonia" and you will appreciate that he was very pro the individual and hated the idea of the control that the State could have over you. HE disliked Communism and Fascism with equal loathing as both wanted the individual to be subordinate to the State.
He remained a left wing anarchist. I personally think he understood very well the dangers of the way in which the State controls people and conditions their mind.
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