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Orwell’s ideas remain relevant 75 years after ‘Animal Farm’ was published — At the BookShelf

George Orwell’s writings have left a lasting imprint on American thought and culture…

George Orwell’s writings have left a lasting imprint on American thought and culture. ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images Mark Satta, Wayne State University Seventy-five years ago, in August 1946, George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was published in the United States. It was a huge success, with over a half-million copies sold in its first year. […]

Orwell’s ideas remain relevant 75 years after ‘Animal Farm’ was published — At the BookShelf

From YouTube: Mike Wallace Interviews Aldous Huxley (1958)

In this interview, Aldous Huxley does not talk about Brave New World, but rather about a series of essays he had just finished on democracy. What is fascinating about this is that he discusses things and developments he expects in the future, which, from our perspective either came true or we see occuring today. Huxley also talks about how an authoritarian might take over the US using propaganda in a different way than Hitler used to take over Germany.