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when Orwell had something to say the guy had something to say
that's why his themes shouldn't come as much of a surprise
here's Orwell's first message societies have a natural tendency to divide into upper and lower classses
to create a society in which all animals are equal and which labour and rewards are shared
equally but think about how quickly that breaks down the narrator almost immediately distinguishes
the animals like the pigs who are more clever and the animals like the the sheep who aren't
quite so bright and before long the pigs are the ruling class and there's a new commandment
at animal farm all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others ok it sounds
absurd in this context i mean really who could think that way well Orwell has news for you
that kind of thinking happens all the time in other words class stratification is inevitable
and it's bad and we need to be alert to it in fact Orwell even outlines the kind of scenraio
in which equality almost inevitably crumbles just look at animal farm once the animals
are no longer unified against a common enemy it's only a matter of time before they become
eternally divided and unequal classes emerge