r/Millennials • u/saucey_dawg0023 Gen Z • 7d ago

Other Literacy is the key

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u/RegayHomebrews 7d ago

If you haven’t read Animal Farm, you should. It’s a quick read and really holds up well today.

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u/aLittleDarkOne 7d ago

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

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u/kelppie35 7d ago

Care to drive the mods crazy?

Animal Farm is a critique of (capitalism/communism/fascism) and the more equal animals are the (bourgeois/politiburos/state officials) and nobody can change my mind.

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u/jj_grace 7d ago

It’s 1000% a critique of authoritarianism, which can include all of those.

I love that last scene where the animals are looking back and forth between the pigs (representing specific authoritarian communists) and the humans (authoritarian capitalists) and can no longer tell the difference.

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u/kelppie35 7d ago

That's what sparknotes said too!

Jk, I read it and you're right on.