George Orwell's Prelude on Politics Is The Mind Killer

I have found this most wonderful (if fairly lengthy) article, and thought you would enjoy having it brought to your attention.

It is so good, I think we should include it among the references in the "Politics is the Mind Killer" wiki page. But, before that, I submit it to you, and ask you: is there anything in this article that would warrant its exclusion from this site? I mean, besides the fact that it is about politics, and written by a notorious Social-democrat (And is that in itself grounds for exclusion?).

I have found this most wonderful (if fairly lengthy) article, and thought you would enjoy having it brought to your attention.

It sure does. It's vague and nebulous, because "fascism" itself is vague and nebulous by design, but usually it boils down to:

Against wars of conquest and even against gunboat diplomacy.
Against intellectual censorship and police states, for freedom of expression.
In favour of liberal democracy.
In favour of the right of all to a fair trial, against death penalty.
In favour of the right to unionise, to make strikes, to pacific and non-violent demonstrations.

If anyone disagrees with any of these points, they had better not say it out loud, regardless of what they actually end up doing.

9Richard_Kennaway14y

... [...] So for you and your friends, freedom of expression doesn't extend to letting people say things you don't like, and it isn't censorship if you stop them doing it.

13Eugine_Nier14y

Unless, of course, the people you're censoring are themselves fascist or can be accused of facism or "hate speech" then it's ok.