although "Trotskyite" might be a bit too far left on the spectrum for him. Still, Stalin didn't fool him one bit, and both 1984 and Animal Farm were devastating critiques of the Soviet system. I always felt a little steamed by how conservatives have always embraced Orwell, by "quoting him out of context", so to speak. He would have had nothing but contempt for them.

One of the commenters to that article put it quite well.

"It's not Trotskyite. It's not pro-capitalist, and not specifically anti-communist. Animal Farm is against big beliefs and mass movements."
Philip Lehar, Boston, USA

Amen, Mr Lehar, amen.