Orwell was talking about communist fellow-traveller intellectuals. They were deluded about the true nature of Soviet Communism, yes. But they were followers of Authority par excellence! And they hated the class structure of Britain (which governed so much of Britain at the time, and to an insane extent still does), just as Orwell himself did.
Interesting discussion.
On the impossible demands of different belief systems - "Love thy neighbour as thyself" is as impossible as they come.
Why do we need miracles? Why do we need God? Why aren't Christ's teachings enough?
Why did God wait 13.5 billion years to create humans?
What is "damned" anyway? Why do we need "damned"? Why do we need Hell?
The opposite of the Catholic Mass is not the strip mall. It's the Gaza genocide.
Orwell was talking about communist fellow-traveller intellectuals. They were deluded about the true nature of Soviet Communism, yes. But they were followers of Authority par excellence! And they hated the class structure of Britain (which governed so much of Britain at the time, and to an insane extent still does), just as Orwell himself did.
Property rights. Venezuela? How about the West Bank?