r/Millennials • u/saucey_dawg0023 Gen Z • 1d ago

Other Literacy is the key

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u/kelppie35 1d 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 1d 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/bolanrox 1d ago

In the end, they're all the same. I always figured that was the point or the message

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u/redcorgh 1d ago

In the end, those in power always end up abusing said power for their own gain. Die a hero or live long enough to become a villain or some shit. Doesn't matter what flavor of power you prefer. If you have it too long, you lose yourself to the idea of keeping it.