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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Oct-2025 23:58:28 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   It's really fucking insulting that Musk wore that "What Would Orwell Think?" shirt, itself Orwellian. Especially because we actually *know* what Orwell would think.

   I've been reading a lot of Orwell's articles and letters from around 1939-1943 and it's really eerie just how much aligns. Orwell was writing for left-leaning newsletters that literally called themselves "anti-fascist" and was more afraid than anything about the world domination of fascism and nazi'ism.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Oct-2025 23:58:27 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     We know what Orwell would think because Orwell was literally writing about many of the same things that are happening right now, just 90 years earlier. He's very clear about what he thinks, and when he writes, you realize just how many of the same things are happening *right now*.

     It's right there. We know what Orwell would think. He wrote about it.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Oct-2025 23:59:49 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     I'm thinking of writing a blogpost with excerpts of Orwell's writing from the period because it's incredibly prescient and eerie and insightful and I am learning a lot by reading it.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 09-Oct-2025 00:01:45 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     If you want to read what Orwell thought, there is a book written from this exact time frame prescient to this moment in history collecting Orwell's letters: "My Country, Left to Right"

     I highly recommend getting a copy

     Mr. Bill repeated this.
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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 09-Oct-2025 00:02:56 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     If you read nothing else of Orwell's writings, read this review of his of Mein Kampf https://bookmarks.reviews/george-orwells-1940-review-of-mein-kampf/

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 09-Oct-2025 00:25:37 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     Most of Orwell's writings here: https://orwell.ru/library/index_en

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     der.hans (lufthans@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Oct-2025 22:35:09 JST der.hans

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     • Greg

     @cwebber @Greg I see the print edition credits his wife as an editor

     A recent post on the Fediverse about her helping with Animal Farm reminded me it's time to re-read that in addition to already having 1984 in the queue

     Gonna look for a copy of My Country Right or Left as well