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vidarh on April 2, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: George Orwell in Spain

They were undermined by the Stalinists. There were communists fighting in Spain who were just as much under fire (as in, actually getting murdered) by Stalinist agents as the anarchists were.

ArkyBeagle on April 3, 2016 [–]

It's worth going to "Why Orwell Matters" for much emphasis on this insight. It was written by a (then ex-)Trot, Christopher Hitchens.

It'll sound like Rand, which is isn't really meant to, but the issue is and will always be individualism v. collectivism.

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