Orwell was a socialist but he never was a communist. The communists tried to kill him in Spain.
Animal Farm goes far beyond Stalinism. For example, the inspiration for these pups being taken away to be raised as vicious dogs? It was under Lenin, namely the Chekists of Dzierżyński recruiting orphan boys.
Also the disgusted Orwell about the English socialists circles in 1930:
“One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England.”
No, it's wasn't "purely by accident".
Orwell was a socialist but he never was a communist. The communists tried to kill him in Spain.
Animal Farm goes far beyond Stalinism. For example, the inspiration for these pups being taken away to be raised as vicious dogs? It was under Lenin, namely the Chekists of Dzierżyński recruiting orphan boys.
Except Orwell was never a Marxist at all.
Also the disgusted Orwell about the English socialists circles in 1930:
That's like #metoo, I also wasn't ever a Marxist at all when I was a leftist.