India Animal Farm

Saw it.

Animal farm was a really deep book... tuched on many facet of society and even noe resounds with many persons across the world...

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=91874.msg580714#msg580714 date=1407861113]
Great book ! did it for "O" levels in 4th form English Lit.  ::LOL::
[/quote] We did it in primary school

1984 was even deeper !

kwami did it in kindergarten ...

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=91874.msg580789#msg580789 date=1407874712]
1984 was even deeper !

kwami did it in kindergarten ...
[/quote] Animal  farm was a satire on communism but it was also a prediction of Guyana under Burnham with Forbes being  old Boxer , Squealer being the New Nation news paper . Police  and soljah  being  the dogs

Whist 'Animal Farm' was indeed a brilliant satire on rise of both Communism and Fascism during the first part of the 20th century, it now serves an equally brilliant satire on Western Capitalism and Democracy.  Especially now with the rise of the all powerful lobbyist.

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Whist 'Animal Farm' was indeed a brilliant satire on rise of both Communism and Fascism during the first part of the 20th century, it now serves an equally brilliant satire on Western Capitalism and Democracy.  Especially now with the rise of the all powerful lobbyist.
[/quote] Ditto ...but it is ironical  that this was  exactly what Karl Marx predicted

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=91874.msg580804#msg580804 date=1407877673]
Ditto ...but it is ironical  that this was  exactly what Karl Marx predicted
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[quote author=Kwami link=topic=91874.msg580804#msg580804 date=1407877673]
Ditto ...but it is ironical  that this was  exactly what Karl Marx predicted
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Yes. Marx did accurately predict the cycles of recession/depression and prosperity of a capitalist run economy. 

What he didn't predict was the rise of trade unions to mitigate the exploitation and alienation of the working masses.  As a result of this mitigation the workers never did rise up to overthrow their bourgeois capitalist masters who owned and controlled the means of production. They simply became the middle class who had just enough to feel they were living the American dream and could one day become the exploiters themselves.

True indeed .  the  Hippies of yester  year are now the exploiters of today

1984 was much deeper :  "Big brother is watching you "