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I only saw one weird post so far and it was from a TikTok (booktok specifically) refugee who was showing banned books we should read, the last one was 1984. In the comments the OP liked a comment that also recommended Animal Farm. Only person I blocked lol
I think Chinese netizens should read Animal Farm and 1984. Not because it'll make them realize the ebils of gommunism, but because they provide an insight into the kind of propaganda burgers are fed.
It's always surprising that western Leftists can see Orwell as "theirs," when Animal Farm's central message is that Russian Workers are stupid, illiterate, and destined to be taken advantage of, no matter how hard they try to learn.
I have no idea if the people on that post were leftists themselves but yeah I get what you’re saying. I feel like people have a weird superiority when they admit to reading and liking Orwell, because that automatically makes them an intellectual. I feel like they’d change their tune if they knew the actual history surrounding the Soviet Union and Orwell himself as he sucked. The other books she showed weren’t that bad: Handmaids Tale, Fahrenheit 451, the Giver, and some others I cannot remember.
Seems like they are all the standard sci-fi books taught in USian high school, though, based on what you said.
Yes, it was the comment section that placed a lot of emphasis on both Animal Farm and 1984 which made me cringe lol.
Ugh, of course lol
I too thought fondly of Farenheit 451, until a few months ago when someone on Hexbear revealed Ray Bradbury was a megachud.
Bruh have westerners read more than one book? Lmao
No, because despite what most Americans say they stop reading books after they are required to do so in school, and 1984 is frequently a book that is mandatory to read in high school curriculums.
No other books exist, unfortunately 😔
its either orwell shit or harry potter fr
There's ayn rand, too. Can't get enough of shit literature over here, apparently. Don't like reading but they'll gorge on the worst possible writing like it's a favourite ice cream on a hot day if you imply the communists don't want them to read it.