North Stoke Life

from the Lion and the Unicorn, by George Orwell Following is how Orwell saw the battle of Left versus Right: Socialism: The only way an economy can be run with sufficient efficacy is when all means of production are OWNED by the state Capitalism: The only way an economy can be run with sufficient efficacy is when all means of production are OWNED privately To make myself abundantly clear I disagree with both of these ideological worldviews. It is an appallingly destructive false dichotomy. Ownership of the means of production is forbidden, in totality i.e. no one or no thing is allowed to own the means of production. Ignorance of this will wreak havoc in any society no matter how your tribe commands you. This neurosis on its own will cause governments of all party's to kill far more of its own citizens than all wars it fights against the enemy, and all pandemics and genocides combined. This is an ideology free observation. It is not an opinion or a theory. It will happen and histor...

Thanks to Grok for the following exposition. I cannot help feeling how we are close to where he was in 1941 - England on the cusp of conquest, yet with a deep patriotism that will ultimately rise to save her after a great struggle. "England Your England" is a famous 1941 essay by George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair). It forms the first part of his longer pamphlet The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius , published in February 1941 by Secker & Warburg as part of the Searchlight Books series (which Orwell co-edited). Historical Context Orwell wrote it during The Blitz —the intense German bombing campaign against Britain in World War II. The essay famously opens with: "As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me." This sets a tone of urgency. Orwell, observing the war from London, reflects on English (and by extension British) national identity, culture, and character at a moment when invasion seemed...