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[–] [email protected] 27 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

It and Fahrenheit 451 are, ironically, among some of the most banned books in the US.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It was banned in both the Soviet Union and the US.
In the Soviet Union it was banned for being anti-communist.
In the US it was banned for being communist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Orwell was trolling before it even existed lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 minutes ago (1 children)

Nah he was just anti-authoritarian and both the US and USSR governments saw themselves reflected in the text

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

lmao, yeah thats why i love his books.

its crazy to me how people will read it and not realize the main point was anti authoritarianism/totalitarianism, and think it was about socialism despite orwell himself being a democratic socialist. Most be up in the list of most misinterpreted writers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Footloose amusingly enough as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is it because the title track has the line "kick off your Sunday shoes?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Presumably because it's about a real thing that made them scared in the 1800s and they're scared they'll be scared of being scared.