The faces of the insurrectionist, anti-American mob that attacked the country have inspired me to re-read George Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier".
One of his lesser known, but IMHO best books. Thread.
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Buying plane tickets, purchasing weapons of war and body armor, taking time off from work, that takes time and money.
For 2021 America, add centuries of racism, party lies, the normalization of extremism, Trump godhead worship, and a society marinated in an ocean of misinformation.
The class analysis is just from the second half of his book. The first half is a complex analysis of coal mining life in northern England.