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computer parts posted:Because stagnation is even worse. Orwell basically says that too in Wigan Pier, that while mindless progress leads to nasty places, going backward or standing are no solutions and what we really need is to remember that the whole goddamn point is to make life better and more livable, which he sees as most possible when socialism remembers its supposed to be about liberty and justice, not blind adherents to orthodox teachings and/or crackpots. The latter seems to include fruit juice drinkers, whom he brings up more than once. Captain_Maclaine fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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Silver2195 posted:I've never been clear if by "fruit juice drinkers" Orwell meant teetotalers, people who overzealously proselytize about the health benefits of fruit juice, or people on fad diets where you eat and drink nothing but fruit juice. I'm pretty sure he uses it as a broad label for people who promote crank diet schemes as a form of social reform, as there were any number of such weirdos during the late 19th and early 20th century who, for lack of anywhere else to place them, often ended up at least vaguely associated with left-wing causes.
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